The role of three-dimensional echocardiography in interventricular mass evaluation.

Autor: Miglioranza MH; Cardiology Institute of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. marcelohaertel@gmail.com, Leiria TL, Haertel JC, Winkler M, Fernández-Golfin C, Zamorano JL
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) [Echocardiography] 2013 May; Vol. 30 (5), pp. E125-7. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Mar 12.
DOI: 10.1111/echo.12161
Abstrakt: A young patient underwent a screening electrocardiogram (EKG) that suggested apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Serial investigation with echocardiography showed a well-defined hyperechogenic mass involving the interventricular septal. To better define the lesion extension three-dimensional (3D) echocardiography was done and it demonstrated a mass invading the septal myocardium, involving the major part of the muscular portion. The findings were highly suggestive of a cardiac fibroma. A cardiac magetic resonance image (MRI) was also compatible with this diagnosis. In our case, 3D echo showed a high accuracy, proving to be a useful tool to determine the anatomy of the lesion, complementary to MRI, guiding best management strategy.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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