Advanced search
Publication Cover
Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings
The peer-reviewed journal of Baylor Scott & White Health
Volume 30, 2017 - Issue 1
Submit an article Journal homepage
722
Views
16
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Case Studies

Right Atrial Thrombus and Its Causes, Complications, and Therapy

Mina M. BenjaminCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD,
Aasim Afzal
, MD,
Themistokles Chamogeorgakis
, MD &
Georges A. Feghali
, MD
Pages 54-56 | Published online: 11 Dec 2017

  • Panidis IP, Kotler MN, Mintz GS, Ross J. Clinical and echocardiographic features of right atrial masses. Am Heart J 1984;107 (4): 745–758.
  • Ogren M, Bergqvist D, Eriksson H, Lindblad B, Sternby NH. Prevalence and risk of pulmonary embolism in patients with intracardiac thrombosis: a population-based study of 23 796 consecutive autopsies. Eur Heart J 2005;26 (11): 1108–1114.
  • Bashir M, Asher CR, Garcia MJ, Abdalla I, Jasper SE, Murray RD, Grimm RA, Thomas JD, Klein AL. Right atrial spontaneous echo contrast and thrombi in atrial fibrillation: a transesophageal echocardiography study. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2001;14 (2): 122–127.
  • de Divitiis M, Omran H, Rabahieh R, Rang B, Illien S, Schimpf R, MacCarter D, Jung W, Becher H, Lüderitz B. Right atrial appendage thrombosis in atrial fibrillation: its frequency and its clinical predictors. Am J Cardiol 1999;84 (9): 1023–1028.
  • Yilmaz M, Gurlertop Y, Erdogan F. Right atrial thrombus following closure of an atrial septal defect. Heart 2003;89 (7): 726.
  • Burns KE, McLaren A. Catheter-related right atrial thrombus and pulmonary embolism: a case report and systematic review of the literature. Can Respir J 2009;16 (5): 163–165.
  • Obeid AI, Mudamgha A, Smulyan H. Diagnosis of right atrial mass lesions by transesophageal and transthoracic echocardiography. Chest 1993;103 (5): 1447–1451.
  • European Working Group on Echocardiography. The European Cooperative Study on the clinical significance of right heart thrombi. Eur Heart J 1989;10 (12): 1046–1059.
  • Kinney EL, Wright RJ. Efficacy of treatment of patients with echocardiographically detected right-sided heart thrombi: a meta-analysis. Am Heart J 1989;118 (3): 569–573.
  • Rose PS, Punjabi NM, Pearse DB. Treatment of right heart thromboemboli. Chest 2002;121 (3): 806–814.
  • Chartier L, Béra J, Delomez M, Asseman P, Beregi JP, Bouchart JJ, Warembourg H, Téry C. Free-floating thrombi in the right heart: diagnosis, management, and prognostic indexes in 38 consecutive patients. Circulation 1999;99 (21): 2779–2783.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.