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Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography can diagnose lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum, while CT and MRI help differentiate it from other interatrial masses.
Echocardiography, along with CT and MRI, is useful for diagnosing and differentiating lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum from other masses.
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May guide imaging choice for interatrial masses in select cases; leaves open prospective validation of diagnostic algorithms.
Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography were utilized to diagnose a patient with lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum (LHIS). The role of other imaging techniques including computerized tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for differentiating it from other interatrial masses is discussed.
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REDDY et al. (1995) studied this question. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography can diagnose lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum, while CT and MRI help differentiate it from other interatrial masses.
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