title: Two-dimensional echocardiographic assessment of intracardiac masses in infants and children.
abstract: We studied six infants and children with intracardiac masses of different causes. The diagnosis was made noninvasively using two-dimensional echocardiography in all six patients. In five patients, surgical excision of the mass was undertaken with good results. Two-dimensional echocardiography is an excellent noninvasive diagnostic tool that allows the clinician to determine the size and location of intracardiac masses in infants and children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Ky. 40292.
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Rees
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Solinger
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Elbl
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Villafañe
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006343:Heart Septal Defects / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012207:Rhabdomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery