• Singap Med J · Feb 1994

    Case Reports

    Echocardiographic detection of mobile right atrial thrombus.

    • Y S Lau, T S Chee, and K L Chua.
    • Department of Medicine, Toa Payoh Hospital, Singapore.
    • Singap Med J. 1994 Feb 1; 35 (1): 112-4.

    AbstractMobile right atrial thrombus is a rare echocardiographic diagnosis with important implications on further management. We report a case of 50-year-old woman with deep vein thrombosis of her left lower limb, who was found to have a large mobile serpiginous right atrial thrombus on both two-dimensional echocardiography (2DE) and transoesophageal echocardiography (TEE). She developed acute pulmonary embolism within thirty-six hours of diagnosis and subsequently underwent successful pulmonary embolectomy. This case demonstrates the usefulness of echocardiography as a non-invasive tool in the investigation of suspected pulmonary thromboembolism. The detection of right atrial thrombus mandates serious consideration for prompt surgical action.

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