A patient with pulmonary embolism and a mass in the left atrium
- Division of Cardiology, Kantonsspital Graubuenden, Chur, Switzerland
- Correspondence to Dr Kurt A Mayer, Division of Cardiology, Kantonsspital Graubuenden, Loëstrasse 170, CH-7000 Chur, Switzerland; kurt.mayer{at}ksgr.ch
- Received 21 December 2011
- Accepted 21 February 2012
- Published Online First 15 June 2012
Case
A 58-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of increasing exertional dyspnoea over the last months and clinical signs of right heart failure. The patient had no history of cardiovascular or pulmonary disease. Contrast-enhanced thoracic CT confirmed the suspected diagnosis of pulmonary embolism with embolic fragments in the segment arteries of the left inferior lobe. In addition, CT …








