Right-atrial floating thrombus attached to the interatrial septum with massive pulmonary embolism diagnosed by echocardiography.

The presence of a right-atrium thrombus is considered as an unusual form of thromboembolic disease, with a prevalence of 10-18%. Most of them are located in the right-atria. Its mortality is about 45%.

[Prevalence of main cardiovascular risk factors in women from Biscay].

Introduction And Objectives: The aim of this study was to analyze the prevalence of principal cardiovascular risk factors in the female population from Biscay (northern Spain).

Patients And Method: We selected a random representative sample of 1,317 women aged between 16 and 65 years from this province. For each participant we recorded the following parameters: weight and height, physical activity, smoking, blood pressure, glycemia, total cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL-cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol.