Primary cardiac intimal sarcoma masquerading as mitral stenosis

Intimal sarcomas are a very rare medical entity and usually arise from the pulmonary artery or the thoracic aorta. Sarcomas should be considered in the differential diagnosis in patients with suspected mitral valve disease. Echocardiography should be performed as early as possible to establish a pro...

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Autores principales: Spartalis, Michael, Tzatzaki, Eleni, Spartalis, Eleftherios, Moris, Demetrios, Athanasiou, Antonios, Kyrzopoulos, Stamatios, Tsiapras, Dimitrios, Voudris, Vassilis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Clinical Images
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5538049/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28781875
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1089
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Sumario:Intimal sarcomas are a very rare medical entity and usually arise from the pulmonary artery or the thoracic aorta. Sarcomas should be considered in the differential diagnosis in patients with suspected mitral valve disease. Echocardiography should be performed as early as possible to establish a prompt diagnosis and management.

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