title: Intracardiac echocardiography (ICE)--guided biopsy of a right atrial mass.
abstract: Although performing a biopsy of the right ventricular septum is a routine procedure in many cardiac catheterization laboratories, the ability to direct a bioptome to a mass within the right or left side of the heart is extremely difficult with fluoroscopic or echocardiographic guidance. The first intracardiac echo (ICE) was performed in the early 1970s. Since that time, the use of ICE in the cardiac catheterization laboratory has aided in transseptal puncture, ablation of cardiac arrhythmias, mitral valvuloplasty, and the closure of atrial septal defects and patent foramen ovale. This case report describes the use of ICE to facilitate intracardiac biopsy of a right atrial mass.
authors.affiliation: Advanced Cardiovascular Consultants, Inc., 2525 24th Street, Rock Island, IL 61201, USA. ppoommipanitmd@gmail.com
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Poommipanit
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tobis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000601:surgery; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D008232:Lymphoproliferative Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D015275:Tumor Lysis Syndrome / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents