title: Incremental value of live/real time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography over the two-dimensional technique in the assessment of a tuberculoma involving the left atrium and appendage.
abstract: Intracardiac tuberculomas are extremely rare, and cardiac involvement in tuberculosis accounts for only 0.5% of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. We report for the first time incremental value of live/real time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography over two-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in the assessment of a tuberculoma involving the left atrium and left atrial appendage.
authors: Department of Cardiology, Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Center, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Tuğba
authors: T
authors: Kemaloğlu Öz
authors: Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
authors: Mahmoud
authors: M
authors: Elsayed
authors: Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama. nanda@uab.edu.
authors: Navin C
authors: NC
authors: Nanda
authors: Department of Cardiology, Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Center, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Koray
authors: K
authors: Kalenderoğlu
authors: Department of Cardiology, Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Center, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Şükrü
authors: Ş
authors: Akyüz
authors: Department of Cardiology, Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Center, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Işıl
authors: I
authors: Atasoy
authors: Department of Cardiology, Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Center, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Altuğ
authors: A
authors: Ösken
authors: Department of Cardiology, Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Center, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Tolga
authors: T
authors: Onuk
authors: Department of Cardiology, Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Center, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Mehmet
authors: M
authors: Eren
mesh_terms: D020517:Atrial Appendage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004452:Echocardiography; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014375:Tuberculoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
keywords: echocardiography; intracardiac mass; left atrial appendage; left atrium; three-dimensional echocardiography; transesophageal echocardiography; tuberculoma; tuberculosis; two-dimensional echocardiography