title: Cardiogenic shock due to neoplastic infiltration of cardiac muscle.
abstract: We present a patient with cardiogenic shock resulting from extensive neoplastic infiltration of the inferolateral left ventricular cardiac muscle by an epidermoid carcinoma of the lower third of the oesophagus.
authors.affiliation: Inśtituto do Coracao do Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: A de P
authors.initials: Ade P
authors.lastname: Mansur
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Ramires
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: de Oliveira Filho
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left