Mobile right atrial mass biopsy guided by biplane transesophageal echocardiography.
Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) has been successfully used in monitoring complex or high-risk interventions in the cardiac catheterisation laboratory. We report a case in which biplane TEE was used to facilitate the biopsy of a mobile right atrial mass.
D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000473:pathology*