title: Primary Left Cardiac Angiosarcoma with Mitral Valve Involvement Accompanying Coronary Artery Disease.
abstract: We report here on a 43-year-old female patient presenting with non-ST elevation myocardial infarction, severe mitral regurgitation, and mild mitral stenosis secondary to encroachment of the related structures by a primary cardiac angiosarcoma. A coronary angiography revealed significant stenosis in the left main and left circumflex arteries and at exploration, the tumour was arising from posterior left atrial free wall, invading the posterior mitral leaflet, and extending into all of the pulmonary veins and pericardium. Therefore, no further intervention was performed, except for left internal mammarian artery to left anterior descending artery anastomosis and biopsy. As far as we know, this case is unique with respect to its presentation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Cebeci Heart Center, Dikimevi, 06340 Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cagdas
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baran
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Cebeci Heart Center, Dikimevi, 06340 Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Serkan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Durdu
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Cebeci Heart Center, Dikimevi, 06340 Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sadik
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eryilmaz
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Cebeci Heart Center, Dikimevi, 06340 Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sirlak
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Cebeci Heart Center, Dikimevi, 06340 Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: A Ruchan
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Akar