A Mobile Threadlike Structure in the Left Atrium: Cor Triatriatum, Artifact, or Thrombus?

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 566-568

  Markan, Sandeep ^a   Haider, Nadia ^a   Novalija, Jutta ^a   Iqbal, Zafar ^a   Gandhi, Sweeta D ^a   Pagel, Paul S ^a  

^a CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic atrial flutter; cor triatriatum; imaging artifacts and pitfalls; left atrial thrombus; spontaneous echocardiographic contrast

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; HEPARIN; MILRINONE; NORADRENALIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; COR TRIATRIATUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ARTIFACTS; COR TRIATRIATUM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION;

EID: 67650548663     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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