MCQ : Echo-11
3D echocardiographic reconstruction of the right atrium.
What structure do you notice arising from the right atrium?
A) Myxoma
B) Thrombus
C) Crista terminalis
D) Endocarditis
Right answer is: C) Crista terminalis
In the 3D reconstruction with transthoracic echocardiogram, the presence of the crista terminalis in the right atrium is visible.
Indeed, the crista terminalis is visible in the four-chamber view arising from the posterior wall of the right atrium as a nodular mass.