[Cardiac tamponade due to angiosarcoma--was surgical treatment necessary? A case report].
We present a case of a 49-year-old patient with cardiac tamponade due to haemopericardium. The decision to perform surgery, although controversial, allowed to diagnose cardiac angiosarcoma with metastases to pericardium, vena cava superior and pulmonary trunk. Consequently, chemotherapy was instituted and was initially effective, however, the patient died 12 months later due to the progression of the disease.
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Oddział Kardiologii, Wojewódzki Szpital Specjalistyczny, ul. Kamieńskiego 73, 51-124 Wrocław. lewczuk@wssk.wroc.pl
Lewczuk
Jerzy
J
Ludwik
Bartosz
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Kowal
Joanna
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Sobkowicz
Bozena
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Gwoźdź
Witold
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Wrabec
Krzysztof
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D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary; D008875:Middle Aged; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary