The use of transesophageal echocardiography is a useful adjunct to transthoracic echocardiography in the diagnosis and management of right atrial tumors in patients who are thought to have idiopathic recurrent pulmonary embolism, especially with suboptimal transthoracic echocardiography studies. We describe a 30-year-old woman with a history of recurrent pulmonary embolism who was admitted for investigation of pleuritic chest pain in whom transesophageal echocardiography played a critical role in the diagnosis and management.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|---|
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1067/mje.2001.108536 | DOI Listing |
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
recurrent pulmonary
12
pulmonary embolism
12
transesophageal echocardiography
8
transthoracic echocardiography
8
diagnosis management
8
embolism originating
4
originating atrial
4
atrial myxoma
4
myxoma transesophageal
4
echocardiography
4
Similar Publications
Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!