title: Sustained ventricular tachycardia in renal cell carcinoma metastatic to anterior-apical wall of the left ventricle.
abstract: A 50-year-old man with a history of renal cell carcinoma was admitted with ventricular tachycardia. Echocardiography showed a mass in the apex of the left ventricle. Cardiac magnetic resonance confirmed a mass infiltrating the anterior-apical wall of the left ventricle. This is the first case describing an association between ventricular tachycardia and renal cell carcinoma metastatic to the left ventricle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, San Giuseppe Moscati Hospital, Avellino, Italy.
authors.forename: Tonino
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lanzillo
authors.forename: Fiore
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Manganelli
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rosato
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rotondi
mesh_terms: D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D004358:Drug Therapy; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome