Transesophageal echocardiography in the study of intracardiac thrombosis, tumors and vegetations
Romero-Cárdenas, A.; Gómez, M.J.; Rylaarsdam, M.; Tabet, M.; Molina, J.; Vargas-Barrón, J.
Archivos del Instituto de Cardiologia de Mexico 62(1): 55-59
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0020-3785 PMID: 1562209 Document Number: 390909
Of 200 consecutive patients, studied with transesophageal echocardiography the findings were analyzed with respect to the presence of thrombi, tumors or vegetations. Thrombus formation was detected in 18 patients; their location and associated pathology are described. Tumors were present in 9 cases and in 10 patients endocarditis in native or prosthetic valves. The information obtained by transesophageal echocardiography was compared with transthoracic echocardiographic data. Transoesophageal echocardiography was demonstrated to be more sensitive, especially in the detection of intracavitary masses in the posterior structures of the heart.