Left atrial vascularised thrombus diagnosed by transoesophageal cross sectional echocardiography.
This report describes a patient with a Björk-Shiley mitral valve prosthesis in whom transoesophageal cross sectional echocardiography revealed a large vascularised mass within the left atrial appendage with smoke-like opacification of blood flow in the left atrium. Transoesophageal cross sectional echocardiography gave a detailed image of the lesion which was unobtainable with precordial cross sectional echocardiography.
Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Taams
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EJ
Gussenhoven
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CT
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D000368:Aged; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis*