Cardiac intraventricular mass from lung adenocarcinoma
Pub. online: 23 September 2017
Type: Case Report
Open Access
Open Access
Received
13 March 2017
13 March 2017
Accepted
26 June 2017
26 June 2017
Published
23 September 2017
23 September 2017
Abstract
We present a sole intracardiac mass with no other cardiac involvement in a patient with metastatic lung cancer disease. This mass can be well characterized by advanced 3D echocardiography and echocardiographic contrast.
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