title: Metastatic involvement of the left atrium revealed by electrocardiographic Ta segment change.
abstract: We describe a case in whom an unusual alteration of the atrial repolarization observed on routine electrocardiogram (Ta segment depression) led to the echocardiographic diagnosis of metastatic involvement of the left atrium by a lung cancer. Electrocardiographic abnormalities in the metastatic involvement of the heart are non specific but observation of new changes may suggest the diagnosis and modify the staging and the treatment.
authors.affiliation: Service de Cardiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Tivoli, La Louvière, Belgique.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bodur
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Friart
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: de Valeriola
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness