Korean Circ J.  2010 Jul;40(7):354-355. 10.4070/kcj.2010.40.7.354.

External Mass Compressing the Left Atrium on Transthoracic Echocardiography

• Im EJ
• Oh SS
• Kang KM
• Kim JH
• Moon KW
• Yoo KD
• Kim CM

• KMID: 2225182
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4070/kcj.2010.40.7.354

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Echocardiography
Heart Atria

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Esophagogastroduodenoscopy shows a 3.0×2.4×8.0 cm esophageal mass.

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  Fig. 2 Chest CT reveals an esophageal mass (*) which compresses the left atrium (†).

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  Fig. 3 Two-dimensional echocardiographic parasternal long axis view (A) and apical four-chamber view (B). A round and well-demarcated esophageal mass (*) compresses the left atrium (†), which resembles the image on chest CT.

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