Atrial Thrombosis in Cardiac Amyloidosis: Diagnostic Contribution of Transesophageal Echocardiography
| Autor: | Mauro Santarone, Giovanni Corrado, G. Tadeo, Luca Mario Tagliagambe, Manuela Spata, Giovanni Foglia Manzillo, Matteo Longhi |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Heart Diseases Diastole Atrial thrombosis Internal medicine medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Sinus rhythm Heart Atria cardiovascular diseases Left atrial thrombus Aged E/A ratio business.industry Thrombosis Amyloidosis Middle Aged medicine.disease Thromboembolic risk Cardiac amyloidosis Heart failure cardiovascular system Cardiology Female Radiology Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Echocardiography Transesophageal |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 12:533-536 |
| ISSN: | 0894-7317 |
| Popis: | Few cases of atrial thrombosis detected by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in cardiac amyloidosis have been reported recently. We present the cases of 3 consecutive patients affected by AL-type cardiac amyloidosis, symptomatic for heart failure and in sinus rhythm. All patients had a cardiac restrictive pattern at Doppler examination. TEE showed left atrial thrombus in 2 patients and biatrial thrombi in 1 patient; conventional transthoracic echocardiography detected only 1 left atrial thrombus. Our experience confirms the association between cardiac amyloidosis and atrial thrombosis, even in sinus rhythm. TEE should be considered to assess thromboembolic risk in all cases of cardiac amyloidosis with severe diastolic dysfunction. (J Am Soc Echocardiogr 1999;12:533-6.) |
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