May 21, 2009Anesthesia & Analgesia

A Large Angiosarcoma of the Right Atrium

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Population

1 30-year-old man with a large angiosarcoma of the right atrium, history of hypertension, asthma, and…

Design

Case_report

Follow-up

3 months

Authors

JHJiapeng HuangUniversity of Louisville MBMichael J. BouvetteUniversity of Louisville JZJing ZhouSouth China Agricultural University

Discussion

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Implication

TEE may assist in evaluating complex right atrial masses; leaves open its diagnostic role pending larger studies.

Structured PICO

Population

1 30-year-old man with a large angiosarcoma of the right atrium, history of hypertension, asthma, and pericardial effusions, presenting with chest pain and hemoptysis.

Intervention

Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) for assessment of a cardiac mass, followed by thoracoscopic biopsy and subsequent tumor resection.

Transesophageal echocardiography provides detailed evaluation of tissue characteristics, vascularity, and structural involvement of complex cardiac masses such as right atrial angiosarcoma.

Cite This Study

Huang et al. (2009) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a913ce81ff55ae0aec65417 https://doi.org/10.1213/ane.0b013e3181a1c631

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