Transesophageal echocardiography was successfully used to study the interatrial septal anatomy in a patient with lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum.
Case Report (n=1)
Transesophageal echocardiography is a viable imaging modality for studying the interatrial septal anatomy in patients with lipomatous hypertrophy.
Lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum is a clinicopathological entity defined as an accumulation of fatty tissue exceeding 15 mm in thickness in the interatrial septum above the fossa ovalis. It is clinically associated with atrial electric abnormalities, interference with venous return, and sudden death. Transesophageal echocardiography is superior to transthoracic echocardiography for the study of the interatrial septum. We describe one case of lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum in which transesophageal echocardiography was used, we believe for the first time, to study the interatrial septal anatomy.
Jornet et al. (Tue,) conducted a case report in Lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum (n=1). Transesophageal echocardiography was evaluated. Transesophageal echocardiography was successfully used to study the interatrial septal anatomy in a patient with lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum.