title: Cardiac angiosarcoma: an unusual presentation simulating mitral stenosis and constrictive-effusive pericarditis.
abstract: This case report details a patient with a cardiac angiosarcoma who had an unusual presentation with hemodynamics consistent with mitral stenosis and constrictive-effusive pericarditis. It illustrates how transesophageal echocardiography adds to the information obtained from transthoracic imaging and hemodynamics in this unusual presentation of a cardiac tumor.
authors.affiliation: Section of Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, The Methodist DeBakey Heart Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Juan Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Plana
authors.forename: Sherif S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Iskander
authors.forename: Mary L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Ostrowski
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Howell
authors.forename: Karla
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kurrelmeyer
authors.forename: Albert E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Raizner
authors.forename: William A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Zoghbi
mesh_terms: D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000175:diagnosis*