Capture of Malignant Tumor Cells by a Carotid Embolic Protection Device During Endovascular Biopsy of a Left Ventricular Mass

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2018 Nov 26;11(22):2339-2341. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2018.06.012. Epub 2018 Nov 1.

Authors

Craig R Narins¹, Erik H Howell², Vijay Krishnamoorthy²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, New York. Electronic address: craig_narins@urmc.rochester.edu.
² Division of Cardiology, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, New York.

PMID: 30391384
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2018.06.012

No abstract available

Keywords: biopsy; cardiac tumors; cerebral protection.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Biopsy / instrumentation*
Embolic Protection Devices*
Endovascular Procedures / instrumentation*
Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Heart Neoplasms / pathology*
Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
Heart Ventricles / pathology*
Humans
Male
Neoplastic Cells, Circulating / pathology*
Predictive Value of Tests
Sarcoma / diagnostic imaging
Sarcoma / pathology*
Young Adult