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European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published online on September 16, 2008
European Journal of Echocardiography, doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen232
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Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2008. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Pericardial effusion causing echocardiographic mimicking of left intra-atrial thrombus

Emmanuel Messas*, Catherine Szymanski, Jean Noël Fabiani, Michel Desnos and Albert Hagege

INSERM U633, Faculté de Médecine René Descartes, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Pôle Cardiovasculaire, 20 rue Leblanc, Paris 75015, France

Received 17 March 2008; accepted after revision 23 August 2008.

* Corresponding author. Tel: +33 156093755; fax: +33 156092798. E-mail address: emmanuel.messas{at}free.fr


  Abstract

A 71-year-old woman presented with dyspnoea and irregular tachycardia. Investigation revealed the presence of pericardial effusion and left intra-auricular mass. The patient was sent to the operation theatre and after pericardial drain, the intra-atrial mass disappeared with retroactive diagnosis of left atrial appendage invagination.

Keywords: Pericardial effusion; Atrial fibrillation; Intra-atrial mass


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