Incidental Identification of Right Atrial Mass Using Bedside Ultrasound: Cardiac Angiosarcoma
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Incidental Identification of Right Atrial Mass Using Bedside Ultrasound: Cardiac Angiosarcoma
BACKGROUND Emergency ultrasound is now used in both community and academic hospitals for rapid diagnosis and treatment of life-threatening conditions. Bedside emergency echocardiography can rapidly identify significant pathology such as pericardial effusions and tamponade, right ventricle dilatation due to pulmonary embolism, and cardiac hypokinesis, and aid in the diagnosis and management of p...
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Primary cardiac angiosarcoma is a rare tumor associated with a poor prognosis. We report a case of a 59-year-old woman with right atrial angiosarcoma presenting with cardiac tamponade due to right atrial perforation. She underwent urgent surgical resection of the tumor. However, the patient died 68 days after surgery due to local recurrence. An effective treatment for cardiac angiosarcoma has n...
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CARDIOVASCULAR FLASHLIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . doi:10.1093/eurheartj/eht...
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Introduction Primary cardiac tumors are rare, and approximately 25% of which are malignant. Primary cardiac angiosarcoma, which is a rapidly progressing tumor, is the most common malignant tumor of cardiac origin. It is associated with a poor prognosis and median survival time of 3 to 6 months. We report a case of 61-year-old woman who had a history of unknown cause of pericardial effusion 7 mo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1936-900X,1936-9018
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2011.5.1906