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Echocardiography (four-chamber view) of the heart depicting a mass compressing the left atrium.
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A transthoracic echocardiogram (Figure 1) was performed and revealed a normal systolic function of the left ventricle.
Computer tomography of the chest showing (arrow) the osteophyte of the left atrium.
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Chest Computer Tomography (CT) was performed (Figure 2) in order to further investigate the origin of the left atrial compression.
Magnetic resonance image of the heart showing the osteophyte protruding into the left atrium.
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These findings were confirmed using magnetic resonance imaging (Figure 3).