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http://dx.doi.org/10.4250/jcu.2011.19.3.156

PROMINENT CRISTA TERMINALIS IN PATIENTS WITH EMBOLIC EVENTS

Na, Jin-Oh (Cardiovascular Center, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine)
Kim, Eung-Ju (Cardiovascular Center, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine)
Mun, Sun-Joung (Cardiovascular Center, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine)
Choi, Eun-Hee (Cardiovascular Center, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine)
Mun, Jin-Hee (Cardiovascular Center, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine)
Lee, Hye-Ra (Cardiovascular Center, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine)
Kim, Yun-Kyung (Cardiovascular Center, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine)
Yong, Hwan-Seok (Cardiothoracic Division, Department of Radiology, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine)

Publication Information

Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging / v.19, no.3, 2011 , pp. 156-158 More about this Journal

Abstract

A prominent crista terminalis is a normal anatomic variant which consist of thick muscular bridge within the right atrium. However, it could be often misdiagnosed with an abnormal mass on the transthoracic echocardiography. The case report presented here, describe the findings of transthoracic echocardiography that suggested a right atrial mass in patients with pulmonary embolism. However, subsequent transesophageal echocardiography and cardiac computed tomography/magnetic resonance imaging differentiated a true right atrial mass from a prominent crista terminalis.

Keywords

Crista terminalis; Right atrial mass;

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