title: [Transesophageal echocardiography in the study of intracardiac thrombosis, tumors and vegetations].
abstract: Of 200 consecutive patients, studied with transesophageal echocardiography the findings were analyzed with respect to the presence of thrombi, tumors or vegetations. Thrombus formation was detected in 18 patients; their location and associated pathology are described. Tumors were present in 9 cases and in 10 patients endocarditis in native or prosthetic valves. The information obtained by transesophageal echocardiography was compared with transthoracic echocardiographic data. Transoesophageal echocardiography was demonstrated to be more sensitive, especially in the detection of intracavitary masses in the posterior structures of the heart.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ecocardiografía, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, México, D.F.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Romero-Cárdenas
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Gómez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rylaarsdam
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tabet
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Molina
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vargas-Barrón
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: Ecocardiografia transesofagica en el estudio de trombos, tumores y vegetaciones intracardiacos.