Population
Patients with a suspected right atrial mass on transthoracic echocardiography
Comparison
Transoesophageal echocardiography vs Transthoracic echocardiography
Design
Case_report
Authors
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Supports TEE to clarify ambiguous right atrial findings on TTE; leaves open need for prospective validation.
Transoesophageal echocardiography is useful for differentiating a true right atrial mass from a lipomatous hypertrophied atrial septum with a prominent crista terminalis, preventing misdiagnosis.
John W. Pharr (2002) studied this question.
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