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European Journal of Echocardiography 2008 9(1):80-81; doi:10.1016/j.euje.2007.01.004
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Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2007. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org.

A dancing thrombus in the right atrium going hand-in-hand with the electrocardiogram

J.M. van Opstal*, S.C. Bekkers and A.P.M. Gorgels

Department of Cardiology, Academic Hospital Maastricht, P. Debyelaan 25, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands

Received 8 January 2007; accepted after revision 14 January 2007; online publish-ahead-of-print 9 March 2007.

* Corresponding author. Tel: +31 621941644. E-mail address: jmvanopstal{at}yahoo.com


  Abstract

A 69-year old male with a large pulmonary embolism is described before and after thrombolytic treatment. The echocardiographic and electrocardiographic hallmarks of right ventricular pressure overload and dilatation are illustrated.

Keywords: Pulmonary embolism; Right atrial thrombus; ECG


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