Unknown Left Atrial Appendage Mass! Real-time Three-dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography Helps in Identification

Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) is the most contractile part of Left atrium. It is also the most frequent place for thrombus formation that may lead to disastrous consequences. Complete trasoesophageal echocardiography examination always includes assessing LAA but sometimes unusually placed pectinate mu...

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Autores principales: Tewari, Prabhat, Dixit, Aanchal, Soori, Rashmi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5791505/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29336407
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/aca.ACA_124_17
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Sumario:Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) is the most contractile part of Left atrium. It is also the most frequent place for thrombus formation that may lead to disastrous consequences. Complete trasoesophageal echocardiography examination always includes assessing LAA but sometimes unusually placed pectinate muscle, which is a normal structure may give baffling shadow that can only be interpreted correctly by Real time 3D echocardiography.

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