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Apical four-chamber transthoracic echocardiography view demonstrating the appearance of a large mass in the left atrium.
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F1
Alarmingly, the study demonstrated a large echolucent mass with the appearance of a left atrial space-occupying lesion (fig. 1).
Cardiac MRI study demonstrating a large hiatus hernia compressing and distorting the posterior wall of the left atrium. No intra-cardiac mass was identified.
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F2
It demonstrated a large hiatus hernia containing food and compressing and distorting the posterior wall of the left atrium (fig. 2).