title: Atrial septal aneurysm and spontaneous echo contrast: an association with higher embolic risk?
abstract: We report the transesophageal echocardiogram of a patient who was admitted to the intensive care unit with a diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke, in whom a large atrial septal aneurysm (ASA) was seen bulging toward the right atrium with marked spontaneous echo contrast (SEC) inside but without thrombi, suggesting that ASA and SEC could represent a new association with higher embolic risk.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Clínica Bazterrica, Buenos Aires, Argentina. tcianciulli@fibertel.com.ar
authors.forename: Tomás Francisco
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Cianciulli
authors.forename: Demián
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chejtman
authors.forename: Susana Beatriz
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Lipshitz
authors.forename: María Cristina
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Saccheri
authors.forename: Sergio Llanos
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Dethinne
authors.forename: Horacio Alberto
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Prezioso
mesh_terms: D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006325:Heart Atria; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged