title: [Severe right-ventricular heart failure due to malignant pericardial mesothelioma].
abstract: A case of a 63-year old female with symptomatic advanced right-ventricular (RV) heart failure due to malignant pericardial mesothelioma is presented. Echocardiography revealed that RV failure was due to the tumour-induced compression of the right atrium and not due to metastatic mesothelioma involving pericardial sac.
authors.affiliation: Samodzielny Publiczny Szpital Kliniczny, Klinika Kardiologii Akademii Medycznej, ul. Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie 24A, 15-276 Białystok. anlila@poczta. onet.pl
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lisowska
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Knapp
authors.forename: Bozena
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sobkowicz
authors.forename: Włodzimierz J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Musiał
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D010496:Pericardium / Q000473:pathology*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*