Right-atrial floating thrombus attached to the interatrial septum with massive pulmonary embolism diagnosed by echocardiography.
The presence of a right-atrium thrombus is considered as an unusual form of thromboembolic disease, with a prevalence of 10-18%. Most of them are located in the right-atria. Its mortality is about 45%. Echocardiography is very important to detect them and to control the effectiveness of the treatment, which can be either conservative or surgical. We present a case of a man to show the importance of echocardiography in this pathological diagnosis, what is essential for a right-treatment.
Peláez
Julia Blanco
JB
de Miguel
Enrique Molinero
EM
Moreno
Roberto Sáez
RS
Gómez
Lara Ruiz
LR
Etxebeste
Jon
J
Martín
Ruben Garcia
RG
de Maeztu Añon
Juan Carloz Ibañez
JC
Salcedo
Jose M Aguirre
JM
D000368:Aged; D054087:Atrial Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*