Incessant Atrial Tachycardia as First Presentation of Cardiac Angiosarcoma

Incessant Atrial Tachycardia as First Presentation of Cardiac Angiosarcoma

Primary cardiac angiosarcomas are rare malignant tumors with a very poor prognosis. We present a case of a 48-year-old man with no previous cardiac history who developed an incessant focal atrial tachycardia complicated by tachycardia-mediated cardiomyopathy as a consequence of cardiac angiosarcoma....

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Veröffentlicht in:JACC. Case reports 2021-04, Vol.3 (4), p.619-624
Hauptverfasser: Nguyen, Heajung L., Do, Duc, Han, Janet K., Boyle, Noel, Lewis, Michael, Feliciano, Zenaida
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Sprache:eng
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atrial tachycardia
cardiac angiosarcoma
Mini-Focus Issue: Electrophysiology
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Zusammenfassung:Primary cardiac angiosarcomas are rare malignant tumors with a very poor prognosis. We present a case of a 48-year-old man with no previous cardiac history who developed an incessant focal atrial tachycardia complicated by tachycardia-mediated cardiomyopathy as a consequence of cardiac angiosarcoma. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.) [Display omitted]
ISSN:2666-0849
2666-0849
DOI:10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.02.019