Primary cardiac tumor presenting as obstruction of the left ventricular outflow tract.
A transthoracic echocardiogram revealed 3 tumors in the left atrium of a 64-year-old woman, who died suddenly 8 months after resection of the tumors. Primary cardiac tumors are unusual and a case of postoperative left ventricular metastases of the atrial tumors resulting in left ventricular outflow tract obstruction is very rare occurrence.
Division of Cardiology, Tokushima Red Cross Hospital, Komatsushima, Japan.
Yoshikazu
Y
Ohara
Yoshikazu
Y
Hiasa
Shinobu
S
Hosokawa
Koji
K
Yamaguchi
Riyo
R
Ogura
Taturou
T
Ogata
Kennichiro
K
Yuba
Kannji
K
Kusunoki
Takefumi
T
Takahashi
Koichi
K
Kishi
Ryuji
R
Ohtani
D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology