[The mysterious case of an intracardiac mass].
The authors describe the case of a 73-year old patient, with multiple cardiovascular risk factors and severe renal insufficiency, presenting with an intracardiac mass, as shown at echocardiography. Differential diagnosis and use of different imaging tests are discussed.
Gargani
Luna
L
Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Pisa. gargani@ifc.cnr.it
Pasanisi
Emilio
E
Aquaro
Giovanni Donato
GD
Masci
Piergiorgio
P
Neglia
Danilo
D
Rovai
Daniele
D
D000368:Aged; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D051437:Renal Insufficiency / Q000150:complications; D012307:Risk Factors