title: Assessment right atrial thrombus by real-time three dimensional transthoracic echocardiography in patient with dilated cardiomyopathy.
abstract: We report a case of a 52-year-old patient with dilated cardiomyopathy who presented with worsening heart failure. Two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography and real-time three dimensional transthoracic echocardiography showed severe dilated cardiac chambers, impaired ejection fraction and a mobile right atrial thrombus 2.6 × 1.0 cm in size, traversing the right atrial cavity during the whole cardiac cycle. After one week therapeutic anticoagulation, echocardiography confirmed no evidence of residual thrombus.
authors.affiliation: Echo Lab, Division of Cardiology Medicine, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
authors.forename: Wenjuan
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rao
mesh_terms: D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013318:Stroke Volume
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants