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European Journal of Echocardiography 2007 8(4):288-291; doi:10.1016/j.euje.2006.03.006
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Copyright © 2006, The European Society of Cardiology

Prominent crista terminalis and Eustachian ridge in the right atrium: Two dimensional (2D) and three dimensional (3D) imaging

Tanya McKaya and Liza Thomasb,*

aWestmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia
bUniversity of Sydney/Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Received 6 September 2005; received in revised form 25 February 2006; accepted after revision 2 March 2006.

* Corresponding author. Department of Cardiology, Westmead Hospital, Darcy Road, Sydney 2145, NSW, Australia. Tel.: +61 02 98456795; fax: +61 02 98458323. lizat{at}westgate.wh.usyd.edu.au


  Abstract

The crista terminalis and Eustachian ridge are normal anatomical structures within the right atrium that are not normally looked for or visualised in the standard views obtained while performing a transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE). In this case report, the prominent terminal ridge (a normal anatomical variant) appeared as a "mass" in the right atrium that needed to be differentiated from a pathological cardiac mass. Identification of physiological structures in the right atrium on TTE using additional 3D imaging can avoid unnecessary additional tests that are both more invasive and expensive such as transesophageal echocardiography or MRIs.

Keywords: Crista terminalis; Eustachian ridge; 3D echocardiography


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