Unusual elongation of the Eustachian valve

Okan Gulel; Mustafa Yazici; Mahmut Sahin

doi:10.1536/ihj.48.113

Unusual elongation of the Eustachian valve

Int Heart J. 2007 Jan;48(1):113-6. doi: 10.1536/ihj.48.113.

Authors

Okan Gulel¹, Mustafa Yazici, Mahmut Sahin

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, 19 Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey.

PMID: 17379985
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.48.113

Abstract

We report a patient with a snake-shaped, mobile mass in the right atrium. The mass was determined to be an elongated Eustachian valve which was a persistent part of the embryologic valve of the sinus venosus.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Cardiovascular Abnormalities / diagnostic imaging*
Cardiovascular Abnormalities / physiopathology
Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Heart Atria / abnormalities*
Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Male
Myocardial Contraction
Vena Cava, Inferior / abnormalities*
Vena Cava, Inferior / diagnostic imaging
Ventricular Function / physiology