Open AccessPrimary sarcoma of pulmonary artery resembling large pulmonary thrombus: diagnostic utility of different imaging modalities
Author(s) -
Tomoo Nagai,
Hirotsugu Tabata,
Akimi Uehata
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
european heart journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.336
H-Index - 293
eISSN - 1522-9645
pISSN - 0195-668X
DOI - 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs069
Subject(s) - medicine , thrombus , radiology , pulmonary artery , sarcoma , cardiology , pathology
A 70-year-old woman was hospitalized due to a 2-year history of dyspnoea and weight loss. A transthoracic echocardiogram showed a large ‘thrombus-like’ mass occupying the right ventricular outflow tract and the main pulmonary trunk ( Panel A ; see Supplementary material online, Movie S1 ). The Doppler study …
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