Two-dimensional echocardiographic diagnosis of intracardiac masses in infancy
| Autor: | Gerald R. Marx, Edward Matthews, Roberta G. Williams, Frederick Z. Bierman |
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| Rok vydání: | 1984 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Myocarditis Heart Diseases Intracardiac injection Heart Neoplasms Tuberous sclerosis Tuberous Sclerosis medicine Endocarditis Humans cardiovascular diseases Prospective Studies Prospective cohort study Intracardiac thrombus business.industry Infant Nodule (medicine) Thrombosis Endocarditis Bacterial medicine.disease Rhabdomyoma Eustachian Valve Echocardiography cardiovascular system Radiology medicine.symptom business Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 3(3):827-832 |
| ISSN: | 0735-1097 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0735-1097(84)80260-0 |
| Popis: | Intracardiac masses in infancy are uncommon. Tumors, thrombi and vegetations of bacterial endocarditis are exceedingly rare in this age group. These masses are seldom diagnosed before the infant's death. In a review of two-dimensional echocardiograms performed from May 1979 to January 1981 on 741 infants less than 2 years of age, intracardiac masses were prospectively identified in 6 patients. All six patients presented with unexplained murmurs associated with either hemodynamic instability, arrhythmias or systemic emboli. One patient had a vegetation from bacterial endocarditis, one had an intracardiac thrombus associated with myocarditis, three had rhabdomyomas (two patients with tuberous sclerosis) and one had a fibro-fatty nodule attached to the eustachian valve. Two-dimensional echocardiography not only was important in the diagnosis, but also provided guidance in the medical and surgical treatment of these patients. |
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