A 42-year-old man without a past cardiovascular history arrived in the emergency department reporting progressive chest pain, abdominal discomfort, dyspnea at rest, and orthopnea of 4 days duration. An abdominal ultrasound revealed significant pericardial and bilateral pleural effu-sion, with hepatomegaly and ascites of a probable congestive nature. A transthoracic echocardiogram showed severe ...

Prominent crista terminalis is a variant of normal heart anatomy mimicking right atrial mass-like tumour, thrombus, or vegetation. The case report depicts a rare kind of this structure that constitutes a thick muscular bridge in the right atrium. Detection by 2D and 3D echocardiography can avoid further useless investigation.

INTRODUCTION Left atrial mass has been known to have a benign course. CASE DESCRIPTION A 55-year-old Asian woman visited to our hospital because of right sided hemiparesis and sudden vision loss in her left eye. She diagnosed as acute cerebral infarction and central retinal artery occlusion by several studies. We detected a large mass in the left atrium and thought this mass as thrombus causi...

BACKGROUND Atrial myxoma accounts for approximately 50% of all cardiac tumors. The majority of myxomas are located in the left atrium and present variable clinical manifestation. CASE PRESENTATION A young man was transferred to our hospital with sudden onset of resting pain, pallor and numb in right leg. An atrial mobile mass was detected by transthoracic echocardiography. Anticoagulant and a...

Systemic fungal infection occurs in approximately one per cent of the infants in neonatal intensive care units(l,2). Prematurity, prolonged endotracheal intubation, arterial and central venous catheters, use of broad spectrum antibiotics and steroids, necrotizing enterocolitis and gastrointestinal surgery have been associated with development of invasive fungal infections in these infants(l-3)....

Figure 1 – Transthoracic echocardiography: giant eco-dense mass occupying the entire right atrium (Panel A) and severely limiting tricuspid valve inflow (Panel B). Atrial wall and visceral pericardium (arrows) A 75-year-old man underwent elective biological aortic valve replacement. Two weeks after surgery, transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) showed a small pericardial effusion. On the followi...

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Approximately 190 new cases of renal cell carcinoma infiltrate into the inferior vena cava and right atrium every year. Echocardiography often plays a major role in establishing the diagnosis and in guiding surgical therapy. This report describes a patient who presented with shortness of breath but had no classic signs or symptoms of renal cell carcinoma other than chronic anemia. Transthoracic...