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Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in tumors of the heart
Nilda Espinola-Zavaleta1, Gunther Hernández Morales, Jesús Vargas-Barrón
1Department of Echocardiography, Insituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chávez, Juan Badiano No. 1, Colonia Sección XVI, Tlalpan, 14080 México, DF, México.
Abstract:
Three-dimensional echocardiography was used to study 5 women, 4 with intracardiac tumors and 1 with a paracardial neoplasia. Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography was found to be a valuable way to define the morphologic and spatial characteristics of cardiac and paracardial tumors in vivo, establish their relationships with adjacent structures, and assess the hemodynamic effects they can produce.
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