Clinical and echocardiographic features of right atrial masses

New Intracardiac Mass in Right Atrium Postcardiac Surgery: Thrombus or Artifact?

“…The normal RA anatomic structures giving rise to mass on echocardiography include the Chiari network, Eustachian valve, moderator band, trabeculations, lipomatous hypertrophy and aneurysm of interatrial septum, and pectinate muscles. 1 These are persistent structures in the echocardiographic image.…”

Floating Right Heart Thrombi and Pulmonary Embolism: Diagnosis, Outcome and Therapeutic Management

“…A study of 477 consecutive autopsy findings did show a right cavity thrombus in 30 cases, with only 3 mobile thrombi and associated PE in 80% of cases [6]. Many echographic findings of right heart thrombi have been described since the first report of Covarrubias in 1977 [1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]; however, prospective studies are scarce and deal with a small number of patients.…”

“…In view of this imminent pulmonary embolism (PE), many questions arc raised and remain unanswered: its frequen cy is not precisely known, diagnosis may be difficult to make and there is no agreement on therapeutic decisions: the usually associated massive PE docs not make the clini cian's task easier [1][2][3][4][5].…”

A Case of a Right Atrial and Inferior Vena Caval Thrombus Resembling a Right Atrial Myxoma

“…6) Right atrial thrombi are also seen in low-output states, cardiomyopathy, and cardiac arrhythmias. 7) Thrombi that originate within the heart generally occur in the left heart and seldom in the right heart. Wartman and Hellerstein reported that of 2,000 autopsies, only 14 cases were found to right side thrombi.…”