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European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published online on December 11, 2008
European Journal of Echocardiography, doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen316
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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

Crista terminalis bridge: a rare variant mimicking right atrial mass

Nicola D'Amato*, Osvaldo Pierfelice and Carlo D'Agostino

Cardiology Department, Di Venere Hospital, 6, Luigi Milella Street, Bari 70124, Italy

Received 2 September 2008; accepted after revision 16 November 2008.

* Corresponding author. Tel: +39 03295322425. E-mail address: d.amato{at}tin.it


  Abstract

Prominent crista terminalis is a variant of normal heart anatomy mimicking right atrial mass-like tumour, thrombus, or vegetation. The case report depicts a rare kind of this structure that constitutes a thick muscular bridge in the right atrium. Detection by 2D and 3D echocardiography can avoid further useless investigation.

Keywords: Crista terminalis; Cardiac mass; Atrial fibrillation; Echocardiography


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