Extrinsic compression of the heart by tumor masquerading as cardiac tamponade

A patient with known intrathoracic tumor presented with findings suggestive of cardiac tamponade. At cardiac catheterization, the entire heart was displaced superiorly and anteriorly by the tumor mass, and this accounted for the observed cardiac hemodynamics, in the absence of discernible pericardia...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:

Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:	Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis 1978, Vol.4 (1), p.81-85
Hauptverfasser:	Wynne, Joshua, Markis, John E., Grossman, William
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	cardiac tamponade Cardiac Tamponade - diagnosis catheterization Diagnosis, Differential heart neoplasm Humans Male Mediastinal Neoplasms - diagnosis Mediastinal Neoplasms - physiopathology Middle Aged Pericardial Effusion - diagnosis Sarcoma - diagnosis Sarcoma - physiopathology
Online-Zugang:	Volltext
Tags:	Tag hinzufügen Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!

Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:	A patient with known intrathoracic tumor presented with findings suggestive of cardiac tamponade. At cardiac catheterization, the entire heart was displaced superiorly and anteriorly by the tumor mass, and this accounted for the observed cardiac hemodynamics, in the absence of discernible pericardial effusion.
ISSN:	0098-6569 1097-0304
DOI:	10.1002/ccd.1810040111