Primary Cardiac Lymphoma Diagnosed by Transvenous Biopsy Under Transesophageal Echocardiographic Guidance and Treated with Systemic Chemotherapy
Key result
TEE-guided transvenous biopsy successfully diagnoses primary cardiac lymphoma to enable systemic chemotherapy.
Population
Patient(s) with primary cardiac lymphoma
Design
Case report
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Supports TEE-guided transvenous biopsy feasibility for cardiac lymphoma; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Structured PICO
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Population
Patient(s) with primary cardiac lymphoma
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Intervention
Transvenous biopsy under transesophageal echocardiographic guidance and systemic chemotherapy
Transvenous biopsy under transesophageal echocardiographic guidance can be utilized to diagnose primary cardiac lymphoma for subsequent systemic chemotherapy.
Cite This Study
Kang et al. (2003) studied this question. Transvenous biopsy under transesophageal echocardiographic guidance successfully diagnosed primary cardiac lymphoma, enabling subsequent treatment with systemic chemotherapy.