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Adachi H, Ihara M, Nojima Y, Kurimoto T, Nanto S. Cardiac pseudomass due to enlarged epicardial adipose tissue: Comparison of echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Echocardiography 2020; 38:149-150. [PMID: 33295005 DOI: 10.1111/echo.14957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2020] [Revised: 11/18/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
Abstract
A 75-year-old woman underwent preoperative echocardiography, which revealed a mass in the left atrium; however, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging showed no mass. Echocardiography revealed an enlargement of the epicardial adipose tissue in the left atrioventricular groove, therefore a pseudomass. Causes of cardiac pseudomass on echocardiography have been reported. Suspected pseudomasses should be reliably differentiated from a tumor or thrombus, and if new forms are found, the images must be shared for the benefit of clinicians.
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- Hidenori Adachi
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nishinomiya Municipal Central Hospital, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nishinomiya Municipal Central Hospital, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nishinomiya Municipal Central Hospital, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nishinomiya Municipal Central Hospital, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nishinomiya Municipal Central Hospital, Nishinomiya, Japan
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Orozco-Vinasco D, Andrade D, Vinasco AO, Muñoz L. New-onset cardiac mass due to left atrial appendage inversion during cardiac surgery. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2020; 29:333-335. [PMID: 33100024 DOI: 10.1177/0218492320970061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Cardiac mass assessment is challenging in the intraoperative scenario. We present the case of a 22-year-old woman with a new-onset left atrial mass during cardiopulmonary bypass following closure of a ventricular septal defect. We discuss the role of intraoperative echocardiographic examination, the differential diagnosis, and raise awareness of the left atrial appendage as a rare etiology of an acute left atrial mass.
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- David Orozco-Vinasco
- Department of Cardiovascular Anesthesia, Clínica Colsubsidio Calle 100, Bogota Colombia
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Clínica Colsubsidio Calle 100, Bogota, Colombia
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- Department of Anesthesia, Clínica La Colina, Bogota Colombia
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Barberato SH, Romano MMD, Beck ALDS, Rodrigues ACT, Almeida ALCD, Assunção BMBL, Gripp EDA, Guimarães Filho FV, Abensur H, Castillo JMD, Miglioranza MH, Vieira MLC, Barros MVLD, Nunes MDCP, Otto MEB, Hortegal RDA, Barretto RBDM, Campos TH, Siqueira VND, Morhy SS. Position Statement on Indications of Echocardiography in Adults - 2019. Arq Bras Cardiol 2019; 113:135-181. [PMID: 31411301 PMCID: PMC6684182 DOI: 10.5935/abc.20190129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Silvio Henrique Barberato
- CardioEco-Centro de Diagnóstico Cardiovascular, Curitiba, PR - Brazil.,Quanta Diagnóstico e Terapia, Curitiba, PR - Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo (FMRP-USP), Ribeirão Preto, SP - Brazil
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- Instituto de Cardiologia do Distrito Federal, Brasília, DF - Brazil.,Fundação Universitária de Cardiologia (ICDF/FUC), Brasília, DF - Brazil
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- Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HC-FMUSP), São Paulo, SP - Brazil
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- Hospital Pró-Cardíaco, Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brazil.,Hospital Universitário Antônio Pedro, Niterói, RJ - Brazil.,DASA, São Paulo, SP - Brazil
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- Hospital Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP - Brazil
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- Fundação Universitária de Cardiologia (ICDF/FUC), Brasília, DF - Brazil.,Instituto de Cardiologia de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS - Brazil
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- Instituto do Coração do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (InCor-HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP - Brazil.,Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP - Brazil
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- Faculdade de Saúde e Ecologia Humana (FASEH), Vespasiano, MG - Brazil.,Rede Materdei de Saúde, Belo Horizonte, MG - Brazil.,Hospital Vera Cruz, Belo Horizonte, MG - Brazil
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- Diagnoson-Fleury, Salvador, BA - Brazil.,Hospital Ana Nery, Salvador, BA - Brazil
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Kassi M, Polsani V, Schutt RC, Wong S, Nabi F, Reardon MJ, Shah DJ. Differentiating benign from malignant cardiac tumors with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2019; 157:1912-1922.e2. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.09.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2017] [Revised: 09/02/2018] [Accepted: 09/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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