存在左心房钙化时的经食管超声心动图检查。

Transesophageal echocardiography in the presence of left atrial calcification.

作者信息

Goel A K, Singh B

机构信息

Department of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Dehli, India.

出版信息

J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 1997 Jul-Aug;10(6):677-9. doi: 10.1016/s0894-7317(97)70031-2.

DOI:10.1016/s0894-7317(97)70031-2

PMID:9282358

Abstract

Calcification of left atrial walls is a rare finding that has been reported to hamper visibility of intracardiac structures during transesophageal echocardiography because of the posterior location of the left atrium. We report a case of severe mitral stenosis associated with heavy left atrial calcification in which we could obtain good quality transesophageal imaging in spite of such a calcification. We conclude that calcification of left atrial walls does not necessarily imply a limitation of transesophageal echocardiography.

摘要

左心房壁钙化是一种罕见的发现，据报道，由于左心房位于心脏后部，经食管超声心动图检查时会妨碍心内结构的可视化。我们报告一例严重二尖瓣狭窄合并重度左心房钙化的病例，尽管存在这种钙化，我们仍能获得高质量的经食管超声心动图图像。我们得出结论，左心房壁钙化并不一定意味着经食管超声心动图检查受到限制。