Point of Care Ultrasound as a Key Tool in the Evaluation of a Woman with Syncope

Abstract

Using point of care ultrasound (POCUS) to evaluate patients with syncope in the emergency department facilitates the timely diagnosis of life-threatening . Case: A 56-year-old woman presented to the emergency department of a hospital in Bogotá, Colombia, for a episode. Vital signs, physical examination, electrocardiogram, and routine laboratory tests were normal. Cardiac POCUS was performed, which identified an mass located in the left atrium, measuring 35x28mm, which in left atrial systole appeared to occupy the entire chamber. She underwent surgical resection of the mass and revealed atrial . Conclusions: POCUS was useful in the rapid diagnosis of atrial in a woman presenting with syncope.

Keywords

• syncope
• bedside ultrasonography
• Emergency Department
• Intensive care
• cardiac neoplasms