Cardiac biopsy with intracardiac echocardiographic guidance for successful diagnosis of cardiac lymphoma.

Authors :: Katagiri S
Akahane D
Suguro T
Furuya N
Fujimoto H
Saito T
Yamashita J
Nakamura N
Ohyashiki K
Source :: Clinical case reports [Clin Case Rep] 2018 Jul 09; Vol. 6 (9), pp. 1681-1683. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Jul 09 (Print Publication: 2018).
Publication Year :: 2018
Abstract: The diagnosis and appropriate treatment of cardiac lymphoma are often delayed by the difficulty in obtaining heart tissue biopsies. Intracardiac echocardiography-guided biopsy can improve the prognosis of cardiac lymphoma by decreasing postbiopsy complications and increasing biopsy quality, allowing collection of sufficient material for multilateral analysis.

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