title: Assessment of intracardiac masses by transesophageal echocardiography.
abstract: Transesophageal echocardiography and 2-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography have proved to be extremely valuable in the diagnosis of cardiac masses. In this report, we review the echocardiographic findings, clinical history, and histopathologic findings in 21 patients with intracardiac masses who underwent transthoracic echocardiography, transesophageal echocardiography, or both, at our institution. Of these patients, 14 had benign masses and 7 had malignant tumors. The potential role of transesophageal echocardiography in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with intracardiac masses is discussed. We believe that transesophageal echocardiography offers the cardiologist and cardiovascular surgeon the capability of more accurate preoperative and intraoperative assessment of cardiac masses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Adult Cardiology, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, USA.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: DeVille
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Corley
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: de Castro
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wilansky
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009232:Myxoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery