title: Antemortem diagnosis of an endomyocardial breast cancer metastasis by transvenous endomyocardial biopsy.
abstract: Endomyocardial breast cancer metastases are extremely rare and have previously been diagnosed antemortem only through median sternotomy and cardiotomy. We report a case of endomyocardial breast cancer metastasis which was diagnosed antemortem by transvenous endomyocardial biopsy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Lieberman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arthur
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Steenbergen
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Bashore
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*; D001706:Biopsy; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D004699:Endocardium; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009206:Myocardium