title: Differential diagnosis of a left atrial mass: role of three-dimensional transoesophageal echocardiography.
abstract: We describe an 81-year-old woman with an episode of loss of consciousness and a mass inside the left atrium. We demonstrate the added value of three-dimensional transoesophageal echocardiography in the differential diagnosis of the cardiac masses.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Cardiology, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece. papcost@gmail.com
authors.forename: Constantinos H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Papadopoulos
authors.forename: Christos A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Michalakeas
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Paraskevaidis
authors.forename: Ignatios
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ikonomidis
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Anastasiou-Nana
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*