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Abstract
Chiari networks are present in the right atrium in a minority of the population and are usually of no clinical significance. On the other hand it may associate some pathological changes, as patent foramen ovale, intraatrial thrombus or atrial arrhythmias. We present the case of an asymptomatic young woman diagnosed with Chiari network during a routine echocardiography.
Keywords: Chiari network, echocardiography, right atrium
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Retelele Chiari sunt prezente la nivelul atriului drept la numar mic de subiecti din populatia generala si de cele mai multe ori nu au semnificatie clinica. Cu toate acestea, au fost asociate cu prezenta unor modificari patologice cum sunt patent foramen ovale, tromboza intraatriala, sau aritmiile atriale. Prezentam cazul unei paciente tinere asimptomatice diagnosticata cu retea Chiari in timpul unei ecocardiografii de rutina.
Cuvinte cheie: reteaua Chiari, ecocardiografie, atriul drept
As echocardiography is being used nowadays as a current examination in most hospitals, the applications of this imaging technique developing continuous, and so is the potential for identifying normal anatomic variants of the heart.
Chiari network is one of them. It can present as a highly mobile, highly reflective echogenic image, in several locations in the right atrium [1].
This congenital remnant, which is found in 2- 3% of normal hearts in...