Open AccessCardiac biopsy with intracardiac echocardiographic guidance for successful diagnosis of cardiac lymphoma
Author(s) -
Katagiri Seiichiro,
Akahane Daigo,
Suguro Tamiko,
Furuya Nahoko,
Fujimoto Hiroaki,
Saito Tetsushi,
Yamashita Jun,
Nakamura Naoya,
Ohyashiki Kazuma
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.1699
Subject(s) - medicine , intracardiac injection , biopsy , lymphoma , radiology , cardiac tumors , cardiology
Key Clinical Message The diagnosis and appropriate treatment of cardiac lymphoma are often delayed by the difficulty in obtaining heart tissue biopsies. Intracardiac echocardiography‐guided biopsy can improve the prognosis of cardiac lymphoma by decreasing postbiopsy complications and increasing biopsy quality, allowing collection of sufficient material for multilateral analysis.