Rare Cause for Sudden Right Heart Failure
Right heart failure occurs daily in clinical settings, but an underlying cardiac malignant tumor is very uncommon. We report a case of a 48-year-old man presenting only with palpitations and decompensated heart failure. Echocardiographic imaging revealed a large tumor of the right ventricle. Shortly...
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| author | Amir M. Nia Natig Gassanov Matthias Schmidt Ferdinand Kuhn-Régnier Erland Erdmann Fikret Er |
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| description | Right heart failure occurs daily in clinical settings, but an underlying cardiac malignant tumor is very uncommon. We report a case of a 48-year-old man presenting only with palpitations and decompensated heart failure. Echocardiographic imaging revealed a large tumor of the right ventricle. Shortly after a putatively successful surgical approach, the patient was admitted again with heart failure symptoms. On reassessment, a complete relapse with multiple metastases could be seen. Generally, cardiac malignant tumors are diagnosed at a time-point when therapeutic options are very limited or even postmortem. Broad echocardiographic screening in patients with unspecific symptoms might be helpful to detect cardiac malignant tumors at early stages. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f59d7ba4c5e44e05a5e9f1266b409a802025-02-03T06:42:09ZengWileyThe Scientific World Journal1537-744X2010-01-01101996199810.1100/tsw.2010.190Rare Cause for Sudden Right Heart FailureAmir M. Nia0Natig Gassanov1Matthias Schmidt2Ferdinand Kuhn-Régnier3Erland Erdmann4Fikret Er5Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Cologne, Cologne, GermanyDepartment of Internal Medicine III, University of Cologne, Cologne, GermanyClinic of Nuclear Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, GermanyDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Cologne, Cologne, GermanyDepartment of Internal Medicine III, University of Cologne, Cologne, GermanyDepartment of Internal Medicine III, University of Cologne, Cologne, GermanyRight heart failure occurs daily in clinical settings, but an underlying cardiac malignant tumor is very uncommon. We report a case of a 48-year-old man presenting only with palpitations and decompensated heart failure. Echocardiographic imaging revealed a large tumor of the right ventricle. Shortly after a putatively successful surgical approach, the patient was admitted again with heart failure symptoms. On reassessment, a complete relapse with multiple metastases could be seen. Generally, cardiac malignant tumors are diagnosed at a time-point when therapeutic options are very limited or even postmortem. Broad echocardiographic screening in patients with unspecific symptoms might be helpful to detect cardiac malignant tumors at early stages.http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2010.190 |
| spellingShingle | Amir M. Nia Natig Gassanov Matthias Schmidt Ferdinand Kuhn-Régnier Erland Erdmann Fikret Er Rare Cause for Sudden Right Heart Failure The Scientific World Journal |
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