The role of echocardiography and CT in the diagnosis of cardiac tumors.
A young male who presented with atypical chest pain was found to have a primary cardiac tumor. Chest X-ray, electrocardiogram, and echocardiographic findings can be nonspecific. Differential diagnosis and the role of different diagnostic modalities including echocardiogram, computerized tomography and magnetic resonance imaging are discussed.
Baumgartner
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Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor.
Das
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SK
Shea
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LeMire
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MS
Gross
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D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed