Disappearing cardiac masses--the importance of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography.
A 25-year-old man presented with sudden onset right-sided hemiplegia. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiograms demonstrated a mobile mass attached to the anterior mitral leaflet. The mass was, however, not found at operation.
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Division of Cardiology, Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh 15224.
Sharma
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Moore
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Warshafsky
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Bennett
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Gradman
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D000328:Adult; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve