Transjugular biopsy of a right atrial mass under intracardiac echocardiographic guidance

Raed Aqel; James Dobbs; Yung Lau; Steven Lloyd; Himanshu Gupta; Gilbert J Zoghbi

doi:10.1016/j.echo.2006.03.005

Transjugular biopsy of a right atrial mass under intracardiac echocardiographic guidance

J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2006 Aug;19(8):1072.e5-8. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2006.03.005.

Authors

Raed Aqel¹, James Dobbs, Yung Lau, Steven Lloyd, Himanshu Gupta, Gilbert J Zoghbi

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0007, USA.

PMID: 16880106
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2006.03.005

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Biopsy / methods*
Female
Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Atria / pathology*
Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Neoplasms / pathology*
Humans
Jugular Veins / diagnostic imaging
Jugular Veins / pathology
Lipoma / diagnostic imaging*
Lipoma / pathology*
Middle Aged
Ultrasonography, Interventional / methods