Two Cases of Chiari Network.
- Author:
Woo Gyu KIM
1
;
Hweung Kon HWANG
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Sejong General Hospital, Pucheon, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Chiari network;
Right atrial mass;
TTE;
TEE
- MeSH:
Arrhythmias, Cardiac;
Catheters;
Coronary Sinus;
Echocardiography;
Echocardiography, Transesophageal;
Heart Atria;
Membranes
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Echocardiography
1999;7(2):208-211
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A network of strands (Chiari Network) in the right atrium with attachments extending from the crista terminalis to eustachian valve and thebesian valve or sometimes to the floor of the right atrium in the region of the opening of the coronary sinus. While this congenital remnant is seldom clinically important, this membranes have been reported as site of thombus formation, and hence potential etiologies of pulmonary emboli as well as a source of entrapment of a right-heart catheter and arrhythmia. We report two cases of right atrial mass-like chiari form network incidentally detected by transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and confirmed by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE).
