Aquarium Sign in the Left Atrium

A 50-year-old man presented with fever and chest pain. Later on the same day, he developed ischemic stroke and deteriorated into loss of consciousness. A trans-thoracic echocardiography showed air bubbles in the left atrium, resembling the floating bubbles in an aquarium. After further workups, atri...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Cardiology 2007-01, Vol.107 (4), p.411-411
Hauptverfasser:	Aghasadeghi, Kamran, Aslani, Amir
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Cardiology Case studies Echocardiography Esophageal Fistula - complications Esophageal Fistula - diagnostic imaging Fatal Outcome Fistula - complications Fistula - diagnostic imaging Heart Atria - diagnostic imaging Heart Diseases - complications Heart Diseases - diagnostic imaging Humans Letter to the Editor Male Medical diagnosis Middle Aged Stroke Stroke - etiology Ultrasonic imaging
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Zusammenfassung:	A 50-year-old man presented with fever and chest pain. Later on the same day, he developed ischemic stroke and deteriorated into loss of consciousness. A trans-thoracic echocardiography showed air bubbles in the left atrium, resembling the floating bubbles in an aquarium. After further workups, atrio-esophageal fistula was diagnosed. To the best of our knowledge visualization of atrio-esophageal fistula by echocardiography has never been described previously.
ISSN:	0008-6312 1421-9751
DOI:	10.1159/000099061