Cardiac tumour. An echocardiographic diagnosis.
The clinical and echocardiographic features in nine patients with cardiac tumours are reviewed. In two patients, tumours were diagnosed by means of M-mode echocardiography only and in seven by means of both two-dimensional and M-mode echocardiography. The diagnosis was not made clinically in any of the nine patients. Cardiac catheterisation performed in four patients resulted in a diagnosis of mitral valve disease in two and a correct diagnosis in the other two. A definite diagnosis of cardiac tumor was not possible with M-mode echocardiography alone in three patients. A correct diagnosis was made in all seven patients in whom M-mode and two-dimensional echocardiography were performed.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012207:Rhabdomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology