Cardiac tumour. An echocardiographic diagnosis

The clinical and echocardiographic features in nine patients with cardiac tumours are reviewed. In two patients, tumours were diagnosed by means of M-mode echocardiography only and in seven by means of both two-dimensional and M-mode echocardiography. The diagnosis was not made clinically in any of...

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Published inMedical journal of Australia Vol. 2; no. 6; p. 267
Main Authors Hickey, A J, Wolfers, J, Wilcken, D E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Australia 18.09.1982
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Cardiac Catheterization
Child
Child, Preschool
Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography - methods
Electrocardiography
Female
Heart Neoplasms - diagnosis
Heart Neoplasms - pathology
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Middle Aged
Myxoma - diagnosis
Myxoma - pathology
Retrospective Studies
Rhabdomyoma - diagnosis
Rhabdomyoma - pathology
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Summary:The clinical and echocardiographic features in nine patients with cardiac tumours are reviewed. In two patients, tumours were diagnosed by means of M-mode echocardiography only and in seven by means of both two-dimensional and M-mode echocardiography. The diagnosis was not made clinically in any of the nine patients. Cardiac catheterisation performed in four patients resulted in a diagnosis of mitral valve disease in two and a correct diagnosis in the other two. A definite diagnosis of cardiac tumor was not possible with M-mode echocardiography alone in three patients. A correct diagnosis was made in all seven patients in whom M-mode and two-dimensional echocardiography were performed.
ISSN:0025-729X
DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1982.tb124384.x