Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Imaging of a Giant Eustachian Valve in an Infant With Reversed Cyanosis

Yonekawa, Takahiro; Mitani, Yoshihide; Ohashi, Hiroyuki

doi:10.1007/s00246-010-9775-9

“…TEE appears to be superior to TTE in detecting Eustachian valve pathology and should be considered in all such patients [5,6]. Analysis of the Eustachian valve using 3D TEE offers better spatial resolution [8].…”

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Prominent Eustachian Valve Complicated by Thrombus

Kalkoul,

Lehachi,

Chettibi

2023

CCRS

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The Eustachian valve is an embryological remnant of the valve of the inferior vena cava. It may be prominent in some individuals, but the echocardiographic appearance of a divided right atrium (RA) as a result of a large Eustachian valve is rare. Sometimes it presents a problem of differential diagnosis with other embryonic remnants of the right atrium, such as the Chiari network. It may be complicated by thrombosis or infective endocarditis. Cardiac imaging plays an important role in diagnosis. The aim of this review is to discuss a rare form of Eustachian valve complicated by thrombosis.

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“…An early report of 3D TEE imaging of this anatomical variant, in 1999, was not sufficient to convince surgeons, likely because the technology was still in its infancy . 3D image quality has improved, and operators' familiarity is growing, so that 3D TEE will have an increasing role in sorting out unusual anatomical variants. Our case demonstrated that 3D TEE is useful in visualizing and interpreting an unusual structure and its relations to the other anatomical landmarks.…”

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A prominent eustachian valve dividing the right atrium imaged by three‐dimensional transesophageal echocardiography

Iida

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,

Muhll

²

2012

J of Clinical Ultrasound

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A 63-year-old man underwent transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) to rule out left atrial thrombi prior to cardioversion. Initial two-dimensional TEE with color flow Doppler imaging was suggestive of an atrial septal defect. However, three-dimensional TEE imaging revealed that the unusually large elongated Eustachian valve extended toward the superior vena cava and mimicked the interatrial septum, while the true septum was located more posteriorly than the Eustachian valve. Three-dimensional TEE imaging was crucial to understanding the anatomical relationship between the Eustachian valve and the interatrial septum and hence proved helpful in characterizing this unusual anatomical variant.

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Prominent Eustachian valve complicated by thrombus

kalkoul

2023

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The Eustachian valve is an embryological remnant of the valve of the inferior vena cava. It may be prominent in some individuals, but the echocardiographic appearance of a divided right atrium (RA) as a result of a large Eustachian valve is rare. Sometimes it presents a problem of differential diagnosis with other embryonic remnants of the right atrium, such as the Chiari network. It may be complicated by thrombosis or infective endocarditis. Cardiac imaging plays an important role in diagnosis. The aim of this review is to discuss a rare form of Eustachian valve complicated by thrombosis.

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Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Imaging of a Giant Eustachian Valve in an Infant With Reversed Cyanosis

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Prominent Eustachian Valve Complicated by Thrombus

Prominent Eustachian Valve Complicated by Thrombus

A prominent eustachian valve dividing the right atrium imaged by three‐dimensional transesophageal echocardiography

Prominent Eustachian valve complicated by thrombus

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