title: [Clinical aspects and diagnosis of metastatic pericarditis in cancer patients].
abstract: Metastatic pericarditis was identified in 74 out of 240 cancer patients suffering from secondary tumor lesions in the heart (30.8%). It involved quick accumulation of exudate which led to grave heart failure due to cardiac tamponade development in 39%. Liquid in the heart sac was detected by X-rays in 20, ECG-39, and echocardiography--in 83% of patients. Application of echocardiography provides a means for ascertaining the extent of pericardial involvement and monitoring changes in tumor process occurring in the course of therapy.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Klinika i diagnostika metastaticheskogo perikardita u onkologicheskikh bol'nykh.