A Left Atrial Thrombus Mimic: Value of Ultrasound Enhancing Agents during Transesophageal Echocardiography.

CASE (Phila)

Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, Chicago, Illinois.

Published: August 2020

• Fat in the transverse pericardial sinus can mimic thrombus on TEE. • Epicardial fat is more common in patients with AF. • UEAs can differentiate extracardiac from intracardiac structures.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7451944PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.case.2020.04.005DOI Listing

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