An Unusual Cause of Functional Mitral Stenosis

An Unusual Cause of Functional Mitral Stenosis

Primary cardiac tumors are rare, with an incidence of <0.1% in postmortem series; sarcomas comprise 75% of these. Cardiac sarcomas may be life-threatening at the time of presentation. We describe a left atrial intimal sarcoma presenting with constitutional symptoms, obstructive shock, and systemi...

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Main Authors: Jamie E. Diamond, MD, MPH, Michael Y. Mi, MD, Paul A. VanderLaan, MD, PhD, Louis Chu, MD, Eli V. Gelfand, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-05-01
Series:JACC: Case Reports
Subjects:
acute heart failure
cancer
echocardiography
imaging
intimal sarcoma
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084921002291

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