Transjugular biopsy of a right atrial mass under intracardiac echocardiographic guidance.
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.
Aqel
Raed
R
Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0007, USA.
Dobbs
James
J
Lau
Yung
Y
Lloyd
Steven
S
Gupta
Himanshu
H
Zoghbi
Gilbert J
GJ
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