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New-Onset Congestive Heart Failure Secondary to a "Huge" Right Atrial Mass

A Case Report

Clinical Electrophysiologic Service, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, New York Methodist Hospital, Clinical Affiliate of the NY Presbyterian Hospital, Department of Pathology, NY Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Adult Echocardiography Service, New York and Brooklyn, NYClinical Electrophysiologic Service, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, New York Methodist Hospital, Clinical Affiliate of the NY Presbyterian Hospital, New York and Brooklyn, NY.

Zakhariy Riboti, MD

Clinical Electrophysiologic Service, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, New York Methodist Hospital, Clinical Affiliate of the NY Presbyterian Hospital, New York and Brooklyn, NY.

Barry I. Saul, MD, FACC, FACA

Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, New York Methodist Hospital, Clinical Affiliate of the NY Presbyterian Hospital, New York and Brooklyn, NY.

Jian-You Tan, MD, PhD

Department of Pathology, NY Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York and Brooklyn, NY.

Chitra Gopa, MD

Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, New York Methodist Hospital, Clinical Affiliate of the NY Presbyterian Hospital, New York and Brooklyn, NY.

Chatla V. R. Reddy, MD, FACC

Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, New York Methodist Hospital, Clinical Affiliate of the NY Presbyterian Hospital, New York and Brooklyn, NY.

Majesh Makan, MD, FACC

Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, New York Methodist Hospital, Clinical Affiliate of the NY Presbyterian Hospital, Adult Echocardiography Service, New York and Brooklyn, NY.

Transesophageal echocardiography is a useful adjunct to other diagnostic modalities in uncov ering the etiology of congestive heart failure. The authors describe the case of a 75-year-old woman with a 4-week history of progressive congestive heart failure, in whom trans esophageal echocardiography played a critical role in the diagnosis of a right atrial mass, accounting for this patient's constellation of symptoms.

Angiology, Vol. 55, No. 1, 89-92 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/000331970405500113


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