title: MRI misinterpretation of spontaneous echo-contrast as a large left atrial thrombus.
abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging of the heart was obtained in a patient with history of mitral valve replacement, in whom cor triatriatum dexter was suspected. Dense left atrial echo-contrast, visualized during a previous transesophageal echocardiography, was incorrectly interpreted as a large thrombus extending into the pulmonary veins and the patient was referred for cardiac surgical evaluation.
authors.affiliation: Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salem, VA 24153, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Raggi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Daniels
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shanoudy
authors.forename: N F
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Jarmukli
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016477:Artifacts; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male