We report an echocardiographic pitfall, where a hypoecogenic area mimicking a pleural effusion was detected by CMR as an area of normal pulmonary parenchyma between the posterior left atrial wall and the dilated right pulmonary vein.
An integrated imaging approach with magnetic resonance imaging can reveal pitfall pleural effusion at echocardiography.
DI BELLA, Gianluca;CARERJ, Scipione;DONATO, ROCCO;ZITO, Concetta;MINUTOLI, Fabio;
2009-01-01
Abstract
We report an echocardiographic pitfall, where a hypoecogenic area mimicking a pleural effusion was detected by CMR as an area of normal pulmonary parenchyma between the posterior left atrial wall and the dilated right pulmonary vein.File in questo prodotto:
Non ci sono file associati a questo prodotto.
Pubblicazioni consigliate
I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
