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Transesophageal Echocardiography‐Guided Transvenous Biopsy of an Intracardiac Tumor
Author(s) -
Scholte Arthur J.H.A.,
Frissen P.H. Jos,
van der Wouw Poll. A.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.0742-2822.2004.03124.x
Subject(s) - intracardiac injection , medicine , radiology , biopsy , cardiology
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.