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Sharmitha Yerneni1, Frederic S Resnic2, Ethan J Rowin2
1Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Abstract:
A 73-year-old woman with ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt presented for stress echocardiogram for evaluation of chest pain. Transthoracic echocardiogram revealed an incidental right heart mass representing a migrated VP shunt. This case highlights the role of multimodality cardiac imaging in diagnosing right heart masses and the multidisciplinary approach to management.
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