Cancer Patient With Unusual Dyspnea in the COVID-19 Era: Challenging Management of a Rare Cardiac Tumor

Heart failure symptoms, in particular dyspnea, may be difficult to frame in a patient with cancer. We report the case of an oncological patient whose dyspnea could have been attributable to various causes and whose management was challenging in the context of the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic. (...

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Autores principales: La Malfa, Giovanni, Spallarossa, Paolo, Tini, Giacomo, Sarocchi, Matteo, Salsano, Antonio, Parolari, Giulia, Guadagno, Antonio, Sciallero, Stefania, Porto, Italo, Santini, Francesco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Mini-Focus Issue: Cardio-oncology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7946348/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33723533
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.01.011
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Sumario:Heart failure symptoms, in particular dyspnea, may be difficult to frame in a patient with cancer. We report the case of an oncological patient whose dyspnea could have been attributable to various causes and whose management was challenging in the context of the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

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