title: [Cardiac metastasis disclosed by ventricular tachycardia. Diagnosis by echocardiography and ultrafast tomodensitometry].
abstract: The authors report the case of a right ventricular metastasis presenting with ventricular tachycardia and underline the usual diagnostic problems of secondary cardiac tumours, the symptoms of which are often unspecific and late. The appearance of a cardiac arrhythmia in the absence of known cardiac disease should raise the possibility of a cardiac metastasis in patients with malignant disease. The reported case also illustrates the diagnostic value of non-invasive cardiac imaging techniques (echocardiography and ultra-fast computerised tomography) in this context.
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie, hôpital Beaujon, Clichy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brochet
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bouton
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Albert
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Assayag
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hernigou
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Valère
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004452:Echocardiography; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods
vernacular_title: Métastase cardiaque révélée par une tachycardie ventriculaire. Diagnostic par échocardiographie et tomodensitométrie ultrarapide.