title: Assessment of the vascularity of a left atrial mass using myocardial perfusion contrast echocardiography.
abstract: Emerging applications of myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) include the evaluation of myocardial perfusion, the improvement of the definition of intracavitary structures, and evaluation of the relative perfusion of a cardiac mass. We present a case of a patient that was found incidentally to have a cardiac mass on transthoracic echocardiography. MCE was used to evaluate the vascularity of the mass. This case is compared with another patient with a left atrial thrombus, which represents an "avascular" cardiac mass by MCE.
authors.affiliation: Mayo Cardiovascular Ultrasound Imaging and Hemodynamic Laboratory, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
authors.forename: Sahar S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Abdelmoneim
authors.forename: Mathieu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bernier
authors.forename: Abhijeet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dhoble
authors.forename: Sunil V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Mankad
authors.forename: Sharon L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Mulvagh
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003287:Contrast Media; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005466:Fluorocarbons; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D005466:Fluorocarbons; C042852:perflutren