In:
Echocardiography, Wiley, Vol. 35, No. 4 ( 2018-04), p. 573-574
Abstract:
We detected symptomatic atrial fibrillation in a 64‐year‐old man who had undergone mitral valvuloplasty. While performing transesophageal echocardiography ( TEE ) in the left lateral decubitus position, we detected an isoechoic mass lesion at the bottom of the left atrial appendage ( LAA ). After changing the patient's position from left to right, the mass lesion dropped down from the bottom of the LAA , spread out into the left atrium, and appeared as a spontaneous echocardiographic contrast with mobility. We therefore diagnosed the mass lesion as not a thrombus but sludge. Changing the patient's position during TEE is useful for distinguishing sludge from thrombi.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0742-2822
,
1540-8175
DOI:
10.1111/echo.2018.35.issue-4
Language:
English
Publisher:
Wiley
Publication Date:
2018
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2041033-5