Disappearing cardiac masses--the importance of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography.

Autor: Ofori CS; Division of Cardiology, Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh 15224., Sharma BN, Moore LC, Warshafsky G, Bennett R, Gradman AH
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Journal of heart valve disease [J Heart Valve Dis] 1994 Nov; Vol. 3 (6), pp. 688-9.
Abstrakt: A 25-year-old man presented with sudden onset right-sided hemiplegia. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiograms demonstrated a mobile mass attached to the anterior mitral leaflet. The mass was, however, not found at operation.
Databáze: MEDLINE