Cardiac Tumors: Echocardiographic Diagnosis and Forensic Correlations.
Am J Forensic Med Pathol
; 37(4): 306-316, 2016 Dec.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27617419
ABSTRACT
In the past, cardiac tumors were a just clinical curiosity and the prognosis was poor. Surgical management became possible after the advent of cardiopulmonary bypass, and more recently, preoperative diagnosis was greatly improved by the development of echocardiography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging. The value of echocardiography for diagnosing cardiac mass lesions has become well established. Numerous advances have occurred in the last 5 decades, and the evolution of echocardiography involves the development of its many modalities. This review is intended to help echocardiologists and forensic pathologists in providing good medical practice when faced with the challenge of investigating unexpected clinical signs, particularly in young people, or unexpected postmortem findings.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Echocardiography
/
Heart Neoplasms
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
/
Etiology_studies
/
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Am J Forensic Med Pathol
Year:
2016
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Italy