Two dimensional echocardiography in differentiating right atrial and tricuspid valve mass lesions

• Published in: The American journal of cardiology Vol. 44; no. 6; pp. 1207 - 1212
• Main Authors: Come, Patricia C., Kurland, George S., Vine, Hugh S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.11.1979
• Subjects: Adult; Echocardiography; Endocarditis, Bacterial - diagnosis; Endocarditis, Bacterial - physiopathology; Female; Heart Atria; Heart Neoplasms - diagnosis; Heart Neoplasms - physiopathology; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Myxoma - diagnosis; Myxoma - physiopathology; Tricuspid Valve - physiopathology

Atrial myxoma has been diagnosed on the basis of a characteristic M mode echocardiographic pattern of a mass of echoes appearing, with a lag phase, beneath the anterior leaflet of the mitral or tricuspid valve in diastole. However, this pattern is not specific for an atrial tumor. Two patients are d...