CHF: "compressive" heart failure? A clinical review of metastatic cardiac tumors.
Nearly 10% of patients with malignant neoplasms are found to have cardiac metastasis. Metastatic disease is much more common than primary cardiac tumors and is also associated with a worse prognosis. The authors describe a case of mitral inflow obstruction due to metastatic malignancy to the left atrium which led to "compressive" heart failure. They further provide a clinical review of malignant metastatic heart disease.
Oschner Cardiomyopathy and Heart Transplantation Center, Oschsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA.
Senthil
S
Nachimuthu
Patricia A
PA
Uber
Priyankha
P
Balasundaram
Mandeep R
MR
Mehra
D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000473:pathology*; D011379:Prognosis