title: Two-dimensional transthoracic contrast echocardiographic assessment of metastatic left ventricular tumors.
abstract: To illustrate the usefulness of contrast echocardiography in the assessment of cardiac tumors, we present an 81-year-old female with pathological fracture of the right clavicle in whom biopsy showed poorly differentiated carcinoma. Two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography found two masses in the left ventricle attached to mid-ventricular septum consistent with metastases. Echo contrast study with octafluoropropane (Optison) showed contrast enhancement of both the masses consistent with high vascularity seen in a malignant tumor.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
authors.forename: Pridhvi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yelamanchili
authors.forename: Francis E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Wanat
authors.forename: Dusan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Knezevic
authors.forename: Navin C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Nanda
authors.forename: Vinod
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Patel
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000418:Albumins; D003287:Contrast Media; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005466:Fluorocarbons; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D000418:Albumins; D003287:Contrast Media; C099458:FS 069; D005466:Fluorocarbons