Why the study?
What are the echocardiographic features and sensitivity of TTE in identifying cardiac angiosarcomas?
What are the echocardiographic features and sensitivity of TTE in identifying cardiac angiosarcomas?
TTE is a sensitive initial imaging modality for cardiac angiosarcoma, which typically presents without a stalk and often with pericardial effusion that yields negative cytology.
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Negative cytology does not exclude angiosarcoma despite effusion; extends limited case-level data on TTE performance.
Kupsky et al. (2015) studied this question.
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