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Does intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography accurately evaluate the extent of tumor thrombus in patients with renal cell carcinoma and intracaval neoplastic extension?
Does intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography accurately evaluate the extent of tumor thrombus in patients with renal cell carcinoma and intracaval neoplastic extension?
Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography is an accurate diagnostic technique for evaluating the extent of intracaval tumor thrombus and assessing myocardial function in patients with renal cell carcinoma.
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May aid intraoperative planning in RCC with caval thrombus; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before practice change.
Treiger et al. (1991) studied this question.
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