Nonobstructive General Angioscopy-Guided Intraventricular Tumor Biopsy: Direct Visualization Improved Diagnostic Accuracy and Procedural Safety

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2023 Oct 23;16(20):2569-2571. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2023.08.044.

Authors

Taikan Terauchi¹, Kimi Sato², Hiroaki Watabe¹, Masaki Ieda³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
² Department of Cardiology, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan. Electronic address: kimisato@md.tsukuba.ac.jp.
³ Department of Cardiology, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan; Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

PMID: 37879812
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2023.08.044

No abstract available

Keywords: biopsy; intracardiac tumor; nonobstructive general angioscopy.

MeSH terms

Angioscopy*
Biopsy
Humans
Plaque, Atherosclerotic*
Treatment Outcome