| Literature DB >> 9339428 |
M T Savoia1, C Liguori, T Nahar, C Marboe, J Weinberger, M R Di Tullio, S Homma.
Abstract
Transvenous endomyocardial biopsy is a well established procedure to diagnose rejection after heart transplantation as well as to assess for other cardiomyopathic processes. However, it is rarely used to obtain samples of unidentified cardiac masses. We report a case of a primary cardiac sarcoma in which the histologic diagnosis was provided by transesophageal echocardiography-guided transvenous biopsy. This procedure is accurate and can avoid the potential risk of a diagnostic thoracotomy.Entities:
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Year: 1997 PMID： 9339428 DOI： 10.1016/s0894-7317(97)70120-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Soc Echocardiogr ISSN： 0894-7317 Impact factor: 5.251