Open AccessRight atrial cavernous hemangioma
Author(s) -
Manikappa Shashikanth,
Sandler Nicola,
Yi Chen,
Julian Smit
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
annals of cardiac anaesthesia/annals of cardiac anaesthesia
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.42
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 0974-5181
pISSN - 0971-9784
DOI - 10.4103/aca.aca_58_19
Subject(s) - medicine , hemangioma , cardiology , rendering (computer graphics) , cardiac tumors , radiology , right atrium , heart neoplasms , computer graphics (images) , computer science
Benign cardiac hemangiomas are rare tumors that may present in or out side of the heart, epicardium being the most common site. Echocardiography is the method of choice in diagnosing cardiac masses and though 3D TEE may seem to add exact information about the location, the time constraint in doing a comprehensive examination along with 3D rendering inside operation room may become an hindrance.