Right-sided endomyocardial fibrosis with a right atrial thrombus: three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiographic evaluation. 2013

Rajiv Bharat Kharwar, and Rishi Sethi, and Varun Shankar Narain
Department of Cardiology, King Georges' Medical University, Lucknow, India.

Endomyocardial fibrosis is a form of restrictive cardiomyopathy mainly affecting poor children and young adults in geographically restricted areas of Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia. The pathophysiological hallmark of the disease is focal or diffuse endocardial thickening involving mainly the inflow, the apices, and the subvalvular region leading to valvular regurgitation, diastolic dysfunction and obliteration of the ventricular apex. Advanced right-sided disease has slow flow of blood through chambers with propensity of thrombus formation especially in the right atria. Although two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography remains the cornerstone for the diagnosis of this disease, the case presented here shows how three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography can add substantial information regarding the region of involvement of the right ventricle as well as the various characteristics of the right atrial thrombus.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D004452 Echocardiography Ultrasonic recording of the size, motion, and composition of the heart and surrounding tissues. The standard approach is transthoracic. Echocardiography, Contrast,Echocardiography, Cross-Sectional,Echocardiography, M-Mode,Echocardiography, Transthoracic,Echocardiography, Two-Dimensional,Transthoracic Echocardiography,2-D Echocardiography,2D Echocardiography,Contrast Echocardiography,Cross-Sectional Echocardiography,Echocardiography, 2-D,Echocardiography, 2D,M-Mode Echocardiography,Two-Dimensional Echocardiography,2 D Echocardiography,Cross Sectional Echocardiography,Echocardiography, 2 D,Echocardiography, Cross Sectional,Echocardiography, M Mode,Echocardiography, Two Dimensional,M Mode Echocardiography,Two Dimensional Echocardiography
D004719 Endomyocardial Fibrosis A condition characterized by the thickening of the ventricular ENDOCARDIUM and subendocardium (MYOCARDIUM), seen mostly in children and young adults in the TROPICAL CLIMATE. The fibrous tissue extends from the apex toward and often involves the HEART VALVES causing restrictive blood flow into the respective ventricles (CARDIOMYOPATHY, RESTRICTIVE). Endomyocardial Fibroses,Fibroses, Endomyocardial,Fibrosis, Endomyocardial
D005260 Female Females
D006325 Heart Atria The chambers of the heart, to which the BLOOD returns from the circulation. Heart Atrium,Left Atrium,Right Atrium,Atria, Heart,Atrium, Heart,Atrium, Left,Atrium, Right
D006331 Heart Diseases Pathological conditions involving the HEART including its structural and functional abnormalities. Cardiac Disorders,Heart Disorders,Cardiac Diseases,Cardiac Disease,Cardiac Disorder,Heart Disease,Heart Disorder
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013927 Thrombosis Formation and development of a thrombus or blood clot in BLOOD VESSELS. Atherothrombosis,Thrombus,Blood Clot,Blood Clots,Thromboses
D019560 Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional Echocardiography amplified by the addition of depth to the conventional two-dimensional ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY visualizing only the length and width of the heart. Three-dimensional ultrasound imaging was first described in 1961 but its application to echocardiography did not take place until 1974. (Mayo Clin Proc 1993;68:221-40) 3-D Echocardiography,3D Echocardiography,Echocardiography, 3-D,Echocardiography, 3D,Three-Dimensional Echocardiography,3 D Echocardiography,3-D Echocardiographies,3D Echocardiographies,Echocardiographies, 3-D,Echocardiographies, 3D,Echocardiographies, Three-Dimensional,Echocardiography, 3 D,Echocardiography, Three Dimensional,Three Dimensional Echocardiography,Three-Dimensional Echocardiographies

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