title: Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in tumors of the heart.
abstract: Three-dimensional echocardiography was used to study 5 women, 4 with intracardiac tumors and 1 with a paracardial neoplasia. Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography was found to be a valuable way to define the morphologic and spatial characteristics of cardiac and paracardial tumors in vivo, establish their relationships with adjacent structures, and assess the hemodynamic effects they can produce.
authors.affiliation: Department of Echocardiography, Insituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chávez, Juan Badiano No. 1, Colonia Sección XVI, Tlalpan, 14080 México, DF, México.
authors.forename: Nilda
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Espinola-Zavaleta
authors.forename: Gunther Hernández
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Morales
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vargas-Barrón
authors.forename: Candace
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Keirns
authors.forename: Alberto Aranda
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Fraustro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013724:Teratoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery