Transesophageal echocardiographic detection of cardiac embolic source in cor triatriatum complicated by aortic saddle emboli.
Transesophageal echocardiographic findings are described in a case of cor triatriatum with atrial fibrillation complicated with cerebral and aortic saddle emboli. A spontaneous echo contrast confined to the dilated proximal chamber of the left atrium was noted and was presumed to be the embolic source in cor triatriatum.
Huang
T Y
TY
Department of Internal Medicine, Father Fox Memorial Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Sung
P H
PH
D000368:Aged; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications; D003310:Cor Triatriatum / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004617:Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging