Transesophageal echocardiographic diagnosis of thrombus in accessory lobes of the left atrial appendage

Echocardiography. 2000 Oct;17(7):689-91. doi: 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2000.00689.x.

Abstract

Fifty-four percent of left atrial appendages have two lobes. The number ranges from one to four lobes. We describe three patients with accessory lobes of the left atrial appendage studied with multiplanar transesophageal echocardiography (TEE). In one patient there was evidence of thrombi in the accessory lobe.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Atrial Appendage* / abnormalities
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal*
  • Female
  • Heart Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging*