Key result
Expert echocardiography successfully identified lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum, averting unnecessary cardiac surgery for a suspected malignant mass.
Population
A patient with a suspected malignant atrial cardiac tumour (lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum)
Design
Case_report
Authors
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May avert unnecessary surgery for suspected interatrial masses; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Case Report (n=1)
Expert echocardiography can accurately diagnose lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum, preventing misdiagnosis as a malignant tumor and avoiding unnecessary cardiac surgery.
Imad Nadra (2004) conducted a case report in Lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum (n=1). Expert echocardiogram was evaluated. Expert echocardiography successfully identified lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum, averting unnecessary cardiac surgery for a suspected malignant mass.
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