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Incremental Value of Live/Real Time Three‐Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography over the Two‐Dimensional Technique in the Assessment of Primary Cardiac Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma |
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| Authors: | Gulay Gok Mahmoud Elsayed Munveer Thind Begum Uygur Firoozeh Abtahi Jugal R Chahwala zlem Y&#x;ld&#x;r&#x;mtürk &#x;lyas Kayac&#x;olu Sekin Pehlivanolu Navin C Nanda |
| Institution: | 1. Division of Cardiology, Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Research & Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey;2. Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama |
| Abstract: | We describe a case of primary cardiac malignant fibrous histiocytoma where live/real time three‐dimensional transesophageal echocardiography added incremental value to the two‐dimensional modalities. Specifically, the three‐dimensional technique allowed us to delineate the true extent and infiltration of the tumor, to identify characteristics of the tumor mass suggestive of its malignant nature, and to quantitatively assess the total tumor burden. |
| Keywords: | two‐dimensional echocardiography three‐dimensional echocardiography three‐dimensional transesophageal echocardiography two‐dimensional transesophageal echocardiography two‐dimensional transthoracic echocardiography primary cardiac sarcoma cardiac sarcoma malignant fibrous histiocytoma |