Cited 6 times since 2004 (0.3 per year) source: EuropePMC Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.), Volume 21, Issue 8, 1 1 2004, Pages 721-723 Transesophageal echocardiography-guided transvenous biopsy of an intracardiac tumor. Scholte AJ, Frissen PH, van der Wouw PA
Transesophageal echocardiography with simultaneous fluoroscopic guidance during a transvenous biopsy of an intracardiac tumor is a valuable technique. We present the case of a 67-year-old man with a metastasis in the right atrium from which histological examination of the tumor was indicated. The inaccessible location of the primary tumor in the liver and impaired hemostasis due to cirrhosis necessitated a transvenous biopsy of the metastasis. The procedure and the associated techniques are discussed in this case.
