title: Incremental value of live/real time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography over the two-dimensional technique in the assessment of primary cardiac malignant fibrous histiocytoma.
abstract: We describe a case of primary cardiac malignant fibrous histiocytoma where live/real time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography added incremental value to the two-dimensional modalities. Specifically, the three-dimensional technique allowed us to delineate the true extent and infiltration of the tumor, to identify characteristics of the tumor mass suggestive of its malignant nature, and to quantitatively assess the total tumor burden.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Research & Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gulay
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gok
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
authors.forename: Mahmoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Elsayed
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
authors.forename: Munveer
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thind
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
authors.forename: Begum
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Uygur
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Research & Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Firoozeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Abtahi
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
authors.forename: Jugal R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Chahwala
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Research & Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Özlem
authors.initials: Ö
authors.lastname: Yıldırımtürk
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Research & Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: İlyas
authors.initials: İ
authors.lastname: Kayacıoğlu
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Research & Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Seçkin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pehlivanoğlu
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
authors.forename: Navin C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Nanda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D051677:Histiocytoma, Malignant Fibrous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D047368:Tumor Burden
keywords: cardiac sarcoma; malignant fibrous histiocytoma; primary cardiac sarcoma; three-dimensional echocardiography; three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography; two-dimensional echocardiography; two-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography; two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography