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1. Right-atrial floating thrombus attached to the interatrial septum with massive pulmonary embolism diagnosed by echocardiography

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Jon Etxebeste, Juan Carloz Ibañez de Maeztu Añon, Lara Ruiz Gómez, Julia Blanco Peláez, Ruben Garcia Martín, Jose M. Aguirre Salcedo, Roberto Sáez Moreno, and Enrique Molinero de Miguel

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medicine.medical_specialty, business.industry, medicine.disease, Right atrial, Pulmonary embolism, medicine.anatomical_structure, Internal medicine, cardiovascular system, medicine, Cardiology, Thromboembolic disease, Floating thrombus, Radiology, Thrombus, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Pathological, Interatrial septum
Abstract

The presence of a right-atrium thrombus is considered as an unusual form of thromboembolic disease, with a prevalence of 10-18%. Most of them are located in the right-atria. Its mortality is about 45%. Echocardiography is very important to detect them and to control the effectiveness of the treatment, which can be either conservative or surgical. We present a case of a man to show the importance of echocardiography in this pathological diagnosis, what is essential for a right-treatment.

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2008
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