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Case report
Konstantin Yastrebov, MD, PhD* , Jawad Iqbal, MD**
*Specialist in Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Director of Intensive Care, Mersey Community Hospital, Director, Tasmanian Institute of Critical Care, PO Box 6, Devonport, Tasmania, 7307, Australia
**Specialist Physician, Mersey Community Hospital, PO Box 146, Latrobe, Tasmania, 7307, Australia
Summary:
Acute hypoxemia in patients with the history of recent myocardial infarction, third degree heart block and dual chamber pacemaker often is caused by the worsening heart failure or pulmonary embolism. This case demonstrates primary large right atrial lymphoma being an unusual cause of the usual symptoms of hypoxemia, and important role of transesophageal echocardiography in differential diagnosis.
Transesophageal echocardiography. Colour Doppler demonstrated mild tricuspid regurgitation around the right atrial mass (LA - left atrium, TR - tricuspid regurgitation, RA mass - right atrial mass).
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