Intracardiac Echocardiography–Guided Biopsy of a Left Ventricular Mass

Sudarshan Balla, MBBS; Chalak Berzingi, MD; C. Michael Brown, MD; Mohamad Alkhouli, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Oct 2019)

Intracardiac Echocardiography–Guided Biopsy of a Left Ventricular Mass

Sudarshan Balla, MBBS,
Chalak Berzingi, MD,
C. Michael Brown, MD,
Mohamad Alkhouli, MD

Affiliations

Sudarshan Balla, MBBS: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
Chalak Berzingi, MD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
C. Michael Brown, MD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
Mohamad Alkhouli, MD: Address for correspondence: Dr. Mohamad Alkhouli, West Virginia University Heart and Vascular Institute, 1 Medical Drive, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505.; Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 1, no. 3
pp. 424 – 425

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Intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) has been used to guide percutaneous biopsies of atrial masses. However, the use of ICE to direct left ventricular mass sampling has not been described. This clinical vignette illustrates the role of ICE-guided left ventricular biopsy in establishing a definitive diagnosis after a failed computed tomography–guided lung mass biopsy. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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