J Cardiovasc Ultrasound.  2012 Sep;20(3):161-162. 10.4250/jcu.2012.20.3.161.

Visceral Obesity of the Heart: Extensive Lipomatous Hypertrophy of Interatrial Septum

• Lee SH
• Kim YJ
• Shim CY
• Lee H
• Lee DJ
• Chang HJ
• Hong GR
• Ha JW
• Chang BC
• Chung N

• KMID: 1808354
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4250/jcu.2012.20.3.161

Abstract

No abstract available.

Keyword

Obesity; Lipomatous hypertrophy; Cardiac imaging

MeSH Terms

Hypertrophy
Obesity
Obesity, Abdominal

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Two-dimensional (A) and three-dimensional (B) transesophageal echocardiography showed dumbbell-shaped mass with sparing of the fossa ovalis. The mass (arrow) with no contrast enhancement involved on the interatrial septum in cardiac magnetic resonance (C) and showed high signal intensity on T1 weighted image (D).

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