title: Thrombus at ostium of coronary sinus discovered during evaluation for cardiac resynchronization therapy.
abstract: A 50-year-old male patient with dilated cardiomyopathy was evaluated for cardiac resynchronization therapy. A transthoracic echocardiogram revealed a mass in close proximity to the coronary sinus ostium.The mass was considered to be a thrombus and found to have disappeared at the repeat echocardiogram performed following a month of anticoagulation therapy with warfarin. In this case report, we aim to emphasize the importance of coronary sinus imaging, especially during echocardiographic evaluation for cardiac asynchrony.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Kafkas University School of Medicine, Kars, Turkey. TSGuvenc@gmail.com
authors.forename: Tolga Sinan
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Güvenç
authors.forename: Gültekin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Karakuş
authors.forename: Yavuz
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Karabağ
authors.forename: Kaya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ozen
authors.forename: Bahattin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Balcı
mesh_terms: D058406:Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy; D054326:Coronary Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*