European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access originally published online on November 25, 2008
European Journal of Echocardiography 2009 10(2):362-364; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen307
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Right atrial myxoma associated with an atrial septal defect by real-time three-dimensional echocardiography
1 King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
2 Department of Cardiology, King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, PO Box 9862, Jeddah 21159, Saudi Arabia
Received 12 August 2008; accepted after revision 4 November 2008; online publish-ahead-of-print 25 November 2008.
* Corresponding author. Fax: +966-2-6651868. E-mail address: drhcpasha{at}hotmail.com
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A 40-year-old woman presented with a 1 month history of shortness of breath and easy fatigability. Two-dimensional echocardiography and real-time three-dimensional echocardiography (RT3DE) showed a large right atrial mass protruding into the right ventricle and an atrial septal defect (ASD). Successful excision of the mass, which proved to be a myxoma, and closure of the ASD completely relieved her symptoms. To our knowledge, this is the first report of RT3DE in a patient with right atrial myxoma associated with an ASD.
Keywords: Right atrial myxoma; Atrial septal defect; Real-time three-dimensional echocardiography