title: Incremental Value of Three-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography over the Two-Dimensional Technique in the Assessment of a Thrombus in Transit through a Patent Foramen Ovale.
abstract: We report a case of a right atrial thrombus traversing a patent foramen ovale into the left atrium, where three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography provided considerable incremental value over two-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in its assessment. As well as allowing us to better spatially characterize the thrombus, three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography provided a more quantitative assessment through estimation of total thrombus burden.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
authors.forename: Munveer
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thind
authors.forename: Mustafa I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: Gulay
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gok
authors.forename: Marisa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Joson
authors.forename: Mahmoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Elsayed
authors.forename: Benjamin C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Tuck
authors.forename: Matthew M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Townsley
authors.forename: Berthold
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Klas
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: McGiffin
authors.forename: Navin C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Nanda
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D054092:Foramen Ovale, Patent / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery
keywords: patent foramen ovale; three-dimensional echocardiography; three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography; thrombus; thrombus in transit; two-dimensional echocardiography