An 83 year-old arteriopathic patient was investigated for shortness of breath. Transthoracic
echocardiography images were suboptimal with poor echo windows. An echo-bright ‘extracardiac’
structure compressing the basal lateral region of the left ventricle and left atrium
was noted. Further imaging was requested to characterise the lesion.
To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
Purchase one-time access:
Academic & Personal: 24 hour online accessCorporate R&D Professionals: 24 hour online accessOne-time access price info
- For academic or personal research use, select 'Academic and Personal'
- For corporate R&D use, select 'Corporate R&D Professionals'
Subscribe:
Subscribe to Heart, Lung and CirculationAlready a print subscriber? Claim online access
Already an online subscriber? Sign in
Register: Create an account
Institutional Access: Sign in to ScienceDirect
Reference
- MR appearance of hemorrhage in the brain, 29.Radiology. 1993; 189: 15-26
Article info
Publication history
Published online: February 16, 2015
Accepted:
January 14,
2015
Received:
December 1,
2014
Identification
Copyright
© 2015 Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS) and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
