Primary cardiac sarcoma presenting as acute left-sided heart failure

Primary cardiac sarcomas are rare malignant tumors of the heart. Clinical features depend on the site of tumor and vary from symptoms of congestive heart failure to thromboembolism and arrhythmias. Echocardiography is helpful but definitive diagnosis is established by histopathology. Surgical resect...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Pathak, Ranjan, Nepal, Santosh, Giri, Smith, Ghimire, Sushil, Aryal, Madan Raj
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Co-Action Publishing 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4120058/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25147639
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v4.23057
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Sumario:Primary cardiac sarcomas are rare malignant tumors of the heart. Clinical features depend on the site of tumor and vary from symptoms of congestive heart failure to thromboembolism and arrhythmias. Echocardiography is helpful but definitive diagnosis is established by histopathology. Surgical resection is the mainstay of treatment, and the role of chemotherapy and radiotherapy is unclear. We report a case of primary cardiac sarcoma which presented with signs and symptoms of acute left-sided heart failure.

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