An echogenic intracardiac focus is linked to a suspected cardiac malformation or may lead to a congenital heart defect at birth. However, the most worrisome effect that it may have is that it ...

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Echogenic intracardiac focus is usually representative of a calcification or a microscopic fibrosis inside the papillary muscle, but may indicate other conditions.