LEFT ATRIAL-MYXOMA - FALSE NEGATIVE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS IN A TUMOR DEMONSTRATED BY CORONARY ARTERIOGRAPHY

被引:21
作者
STEWART, JA
WARNICA, JW
KIRK, ME
WINSBERG, F
机构
[1] MONTREAL GEN HOSP,DIV CARDIOL,MONTREAL H3G 1A4,QUEBEC,CANADA
[2] MONTREAL GEN HOSP,DIV ULTRASOUND,MONTREAL H3G 1A4,QUEBEC,CANADA
[3] MCGILL UNIV,MONTREAL H3C 3G1,QUEBEC,CANADA
关键词
D O I
10.1016/0002-8703(79)90226-6
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
A report of left atrial myxoma discovered at coronary arteriography by virtue of unusual tumor vascularity" is presented in which establishing the diagnosis by means of echocardiography proved difficult. The difficulty may have been due to the highly vascular nature of the tumor with resultant loss of the acoustic reflectivity required for echocardiographic demonstration. Previous cases in which left atrial myxomas have shown arteriographically demonstrable "tumor vascularity" are reviewed. © 1979."
引用
收藏
页码:228 / 232
页数:5
相关论文
共 19 条
[1]  
BERMAN ND, 1976, BRIT HEART J, V38, P764
[2]  
BRUCE R A, 1956, Mod Concepts Cardiovasc Dis, V25, P321
[3]  
Chan S.-K., 1974, ACTINIDES ELECTRONIC, V1, P1
[4]  
FEIGENBAUM H, 1976, ECHOCARDIOGR-J CARD, P447
[5]  
GOLDBERG HP, 1952, CIRCULATION, V6, P672
[6]   SPECTRUM OF CARDIAC TUMORS [J].
GOODWIN, JF .
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY, 1968, 21 (03) :307-&
[7]   PROFILE OF ATRIAL MYXOMA [J].
GREENWOOD, WF .
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY, 1968, 21 (03) :367-+
[8]  
HARVEY WP, 1968, AM J CARDIOL, V21, P328
[9]   PATHOLOGY OF CARDIAC TUMORS [J].
HEATH, D .
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY, 1968, 21 (03) :315-&
[10]   TUMOR VASCULARITY IN LEFT ATRIAL MYXOMA DEMONSTRATED BY SELECTIVE CORONARY ARTERIOGRAPHY [J].
MARSHALL, WH ;
STEINER, RM ;
WEXLER, L .
RADIOLOGY, 1969, 93 (04) :815-&