Diagnosis of left atrial sarcoma by transvenous endocardial biopsy.
A case of left atrial sarcoma in which the diagnosis was made by transvenous biopsy using the trans-septal approach is reported. The procedure was monitored by transesophageal echocardiography.
University of Ottawa Heart Institute, 4o Ruskin St., Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 4W7, Canada. kchan@ottawaheart.ca
K L
KL
Chan
J
J
Veinot
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A
Leach
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Bedard
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Smith
J F
JF
Marquis
D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery