title: Metastatic tumor of the heart: description of a case.
abstract: We present the case of a 67-year-old man with a carcinoma of the lung and a metastatic tumor of the heart. The diagnosis was made on the basis of echocardiogram. In this patient, the first and unique cardiac symptom was irreversible sustained ventricular arrhythmia leading to death.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Unit, Civic Hospital, Dolo, Venice, Italy.
authors.forename: Maria C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Baratella
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Calamelli
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: D'Este
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D004452:Echocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male