Atrial septal aneurysm and spontaneous echo contrast: an association with higher embolic risk?
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.
Cianciulli
Tomás Francisco
TF
Division of Cardiology, Clínica Bazterrica, Buenos Aires, Argentina. tcianciulli@fibertel.com.ar
Chejtman
Demián
D
Lipshitz
Susana Beatriz
SB
Saccheri
María Cristina
MC
Dethinne
Sergio Llanos
SL
Prezioso
Horacio Alberto
HA
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