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Incremental value of live/real time three‐dimensional transesophageal echocardiography over the two‐dimensional technique in the assessment of a tuberculoma involving the left atrium and appendage |
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| Authors: | Tu?ba Kemalo?lu Öz MD Mahmoud Elsayed MBBCh Navin C Nanda MD Koray Kalendero?lu MD ?ükrü Akyüz MD I??l Atasoy MD Altu? Ösken MD Tolga Onuk MD Mehmet Eren MD |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Cardiology, Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Center, Istanbul, Turkey;2. Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama |
| Abstract: | Intracardiac tuberculomas are extremely rare, and cardiac involvement in tuberculosis accounts for only 0.5% of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. We report for the first time incremental value of live/real time three‐dimensional transesophageal echocardiography over two‐dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in the assessment of a tuberculoma involving the left atrium and left atrial appendage. |
| Keywords: | echocardiography intracardiac mass left atrial appendage left atrium three‐dimensional echocardiography transesophageal echocardiography tuberculoma tuberculosis two‐dimensional echocardiography |