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KMID : 0368120150450020165
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Korean Circulation Journal
2015 Volume.45 No. 2 p.165 ~ p.168
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Intracardiac Echocardiography to Guide Biopsy for Two Cases of Intracardiac Masses
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Park Kwang-In
Kim Mi-Joo
Oh Jin-Kyung
Lee Jae-Hwan
Park Jae-Hyeong
Choi Si-Wan
Jeong Jin-Ok
Seong In-Whan
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Abstract
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Pathologic diagnosis of a cardiac mass is vital in determining the proper treatment modality. Open heart surgery or transesophageal echocardiography guided biopsy can be feasible methods to confirm the pathology. However, the former is highly invasive and both methods require general anesthesia. The introduction of intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) can provide good anatomic information of heart and does not require general anesthesia. In this report, we present two cases of cardiac tumors which were confirmed by percutaneous biopsy under the guidance of an ICE. The patients underwent cardiac biopsy without any complications.
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KEYWORD
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Cardiac tumor, Echocardiography, Biopsy
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