Rapid Progression of Primary Cardiac Leiomyosarcoma with Obstruction of the Left Ventricular Outflow Tract and Mitral Stenosis

We report a 73-year-old woman with primary cardiac leiomyosarcoma in the left atrium and ventricle. The tumor progressed very rapidly for 2 months after initial clinical evaluation. Obstruction of the left ventricular outflow tract and mitral stenosis were induced by the tumor. Urgent surgical resec...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Internal Medicine 2003, Vol.42(9), pp.827-830
Hauptverfasser:	OGIMOTO, Akiyoshi, HAMADA, Mareomi, OHTSUKA, Tomoaki, HARA, Yuji, SfflGEMATSU, Yuji, YOKOYAMA, Akihito, IMAGAWA, Hiroshi, KAWACHI, Kanji, KlTO, Katsumi, HlGAKl, Jitsuo
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Atrial Fibrillation - etiology Biological and medical sciences cardiac leiomyosarcoma Cardiac Surgical Procedures - methods Cardiology. Vascular system Echocardiography Fatal Outcome Female Heart Heart Neoplasms - complications Heart Neoplasms - diagnosis Heart Neoplasms - surgery Humans Leiomyosarcoma - complications Leiomyosarcoma - diagnosis Leiomyosarcoma - surgery Medical sciences mitral stenosis Mitral Valve Stenosis - etiology Neoplasm Invasiveness obstruction of the left ventricular outflow tract Shock, Cardiogenic - etiology Tomography, X-Ray Computed Treatment Refusal Tumors of the heart Ventricular Outflow Obstruction - etiology
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