RESEARCH FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
Transesophageal Echocardiographic Finding of Left Atrial Appendage Lobe Mimicking a Mass Lesion
Navin C. Nanda, M.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham, Heart Station SWB/S102, 619, 19th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35248. Fax: 205-934-6747; E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract
We describe an elderly patient undergoing ablation for atrial fibrillation in whom, two-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography showed a mass-like lesion in or adjacent to left atrial appendage (LAA). This mass-like effect was produced by en face visualization of the top of a LAA lobe in the presence of a small effusion in the transverse sinus of the pericardium. (Echocardiography 2011;28:684-685)
