A practical diagnostic approach to cardiac diseases includes history taking, physical examinations, blood analysis, chest radiography, and electrocardiography. However, these techniques may not be useful in make a diagnosis of cardiac tumors. Needless to say, echocardiography is at the top of the list that should be considered among patients with cardiac tumors.
Let me show you an example.
I did not think that the patient would have a cardiac tumor until echocardiography was performed for sinus tachycardia. As the proverb goes, a picture is worth than a thousand words. Once in a while, the same goes with the field of medicine.
Echocardiography says, "Seeing is believing."