title: Large pulmonary vein varix diagnosed by transesophageal echocardiography: an unusual site for thrombus in atrial fibrillation.
abstract: An elderly man with pulmonary vein varix and atrial fibrillation is described. The diagnosis of pulmonary varix, a localized dilatation of pulmonary vein, was made by transesophageal echocardiography. The patient had chronic atrial fibrillation, and transesophageal echocardiography demonstrated thrombus in the pulmonary varix. In patients with atrial fibrillation, pulmonary varix may be an unusual site for thrombus formation.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Section, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City 73104, USA.
authors.forename: V J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Bhaktaram
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Asirvatham
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sebastian
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chandrasekaran
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Sivaram
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*