title: [Pulmonary and systemic embolism in a case of biatrial thrombosis. Role of two-dimensional echocardiography].
abstract: The authors describe the case of a 61-year-old woman affected with pulmonary embolism, in whom the presence of masses in both atria has been detected by two-dimensional echocardiography. The event of a systemic embolism and the dissolution of both masses after an anticoagulant therapy, has induced the authors to diagnose a biatrial thromboembolism propagating from the venous system and passage of thromboembolic material through a patent foramen ovale. These findings are, therefore, in differential diagnosis compared with other biatrial intracavitary masses.
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004617:Embolism / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: Embolia polmonare e sistemica in un caso di trombosi biatriale. Ruolo dell'ecocardiografia bidimensionale.