Transesophageal Echocardiography‐Guided Transvenous Biopsy of an Intracardiac Tumor

Transesophageal echocardiography with simultaneous fluoroscopic guidance during a transvenous biopsy of an intracardiac tumor is a valuable technique. We present the case of a 67‐year‐old man with a metastasis in the right atrium from which histological examination of the tumor was indicated. The in...

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Published inEchocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) Vol. 21; no. 8; pp. 721 - 723
Main Authors Scholte, Arthur J.H.A., Frissen, P.H. Jos, van der Wouw, Poll. A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 350 Main Street , Malden , MA 02148 , USA Blackwell Science Inc 01.11.2004
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Aged
biopsy
Biopsy - methods
Carcinoma, Large Cell - diagnostic imaging
Carcinoma, Large Cell - secondary
cardiac tumor
Echocardiography, Transesophageal - methods
Heart Atria - diagnostic imaging
Heart Atria - pathology
Heart Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Heart Neoplasms - secondary
Humans
Liver Neoplasms - pathology
Male
transesophageal echocardiography
Ultrasonography, Interventional - methods
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Summary:Transesophageal echocardiography with simultaneous fluoroscopic guidance during a transvenous biopsy of an intracardiac tumor is a valuable technique. We present the case of a 67‐year‐old man with a metastasis in the right atrium from which histological examination of the tumor was indicated. The inaccessible location of the primary tumor in the liver and impaired hemostasis due to cirrhosis necessitated a transvenous biopsy of the metastasis. The procedure and the associated techniques are discussed in this case.
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ISSN:0742-2822
1540-8175
DOI:10.1111/j.0742-2822.2004.03124.x