title: Transjugular biopsy of a right atrial mass under intracardiac echocardiographic guidance.
abstract: Biopsy of cardiac tumors to obtain a tissue diagnosis has been performed under echocardiographic (transthoracic or transesophageal) or fluoroscopic guidance. We report successful transjugular biopsy of a right atrial mass using intracardiac echocardiographic guidance.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0007, USA.
authors.forename: Raed
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aqel
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dobbs
authors.forename: Yung
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lloyd
authors.forename: Himanshu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Gilbert J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Zoghbi
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007601:Jugular Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008067:Lipoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000379:methods