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Syncope due to right atrial thromboembolism: diagnostic importance of two-dimensional echocardiography
A Høegholm1, P Clementsen, S A Mortensen
1Medical Department, County Hospital, Naestved, Denmark.
Acta Cardiologica
|January 1, 1987
Abstract:
Recurrent syncopes due to acute circulatory failure occurred in a 40-years-old female with a massive right atrial thromboembolus which was detected by two-dimensional echocardiography (2 DE), and subsequently surgically removed. 2 DE is an excellent and rapid screening technique for the patients with right sided intracardiac masses. The use of 2 DE should be considered for patients with unclear syncopes e.g. postoperatively, following deep venous thrombosis or in cases resembling "hyperventilation syndrome".