title: Congenital tricuspid valve blood cyst: imaging with three-dimensional contrast echocardiography.
abstract: We describe the case of an 88-year-old woman who presented in WHO functional class III and breathless on exertion. She was investigated for pulmonary hypertension. However, two-dimensional echocardiography demonstrated a rounded mass attached to the septal leaflet of the tricuspid valve. Real-time three-dimensional echocardiography with contrast microbubbles was the imaging modality of choice to characterise the cyst and to guide the decision as to the best therapeutic approach for the patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College NHS Trust, London, UK. jgrapsa@gmail.com
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grapsa
authors.forename: Wing-See
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dawson
authors.forename: Petros
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nihoyannopoulos
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003560:Cysts / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004452:Echocardiography; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000209:etiology; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency