TRANS ESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY-GUIDED TRANSVENOUS BIOPSY OF A CARDIAC SARCOMA

Authors
SAVOIA MT LIGUORI C NAHAR T MARBOE C WEINBERGER J DITULLIO MR HOMMA S
Citation
Mt. Savoia et al., TRANS ESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY-GUIDED TRANSVENOUS BIOPSY OF A CARDIAC SARCOMA, Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 10(7), 1997, pp. 752-755
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography → ACNP
ISSN journal
08947317
Volume
10
Issue
7
Year of publication
1997
Pages
752 - 755
Database
ISI
SICI code
0894-7317(1997)10:7<752:TEETBO>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Transvenous endomyocardial biopsy is a well established procedure to d iagnose 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 tra nsesophageal echocardiography-guided transvenous biopsy. This procedur e is accurate and can avoid the potential risk of a diagnostic thoraco tomy.