Right Atrial Mass: Time for Contrast Echocardiography

Authors

  • Constantinos Evdoridis Department of Cardiology, Elpis General Hospital, Athens
  • Athanasios Trikas Department of Cardiology, Elpis General Hospital, Athens

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2015/hc.v9i1%20Sup.637

Abstract

We present the case of a 42-year-old man with dyspnea New York Heart Association class III-IV, leg edema and ascites for the last 3 months. ECG and chest X-ray were unremarquable. The echo study revealed a large triangular mass in the right atrium attached to the interatratrial septum with a wide base. There were also severe tricuspid stenosis and regurgitation.

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Published

2014-05-19

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ATHENS CARDIOLOGY UPDATE 2014