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The invaluable observation of a hazardous patient with a floating and Gecko-like-shaped right atrial thrombus diagnosed by echocardiography and computed tomography imaging

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  1. Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Shizuoka General Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan

    Yasuyo Takeuchi

  2. Department of Cardiology, Shizuoka General Hospital, 4-27-1 Kita-ando, Aoi-Ku, Shizuoka, Japan

    Yasuyo Takeuchi & Hiroki Sakamoto

  3. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shizuoka General Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan

    Genichi Sakaguchi

  4. Clinical Research Center, Shizuoka General Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan

    Toshio Shimada

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Movie 1. TEE revealed a huge thrombus in the right atrium by the cross-sectional view, which also revealed “Gecko-like” appearance. Supplementary material 1 (MP4 1082 kb)

Movie 2. Three-dimensional echocardiography successfully demonstrated the floating right atrial thrombus. Supplementary material 2 (MP4 855 kb)

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Takeuchi, Y., Sakamoto, H., Sakaguchi, G. et al. The invaluable observation of a hazardous patient with a floating and Gecko-like-shaped right atrial thrombus diagnosed by echocardiography and computed tomography imaging. J Echocardiogr 17, 104–105 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12574-018-0387-3

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