Dynamic changing mass behind the left atrium

An abnormal echo-free space behind the left atrium.

A large mass inside the left atrium?

CARDIOVASCULAR FLASHLIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehv...

The Power behind BMC Atrium

Cystic cardiac mass in the left atrium: hemorrhage in myxoma.

A 71-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with a 6-month history of progressive dyspnea on exertion. He had diabetes mellitus on medications. On physical examination, his pulse rate was 90 bpm and blood pressure was 100/70 mm Hg. A low-frequency diastolic heart murmur was heard at the apex without systolic murmur. Blood chemistry levels were within normal range. The 12-lead ECG showed a si...

External Mass Compressing the Left Atrium on Transthoracic Echocardiography

cc This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. A 74-year-old man who had suffered from dysphagia for about 2 months was referred to our ...