[Severe right-ventricular heart failure due to malignant pericardial mesothelioma]

Anna Lisowska; Małgorzata Knapp; Bozena Sobkowicz; Włodzimierz J Musiał

[Severe right-ventricular heart failure due to malignant pericardial mesothelioma]

Kardiol Pol. 2005 Nov;63(5):569-70.

[Article in Polish]

Authors

Anna Lisowska¹, Małgorzata Knapp, Bozena Sobkowicz, Włodzimierz J Musiał

Affiliation

¹ Samodzielny Publiczny Szpital Kliniczny, Klinika Kardiologii Akademii Medycznej, ul. Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie 24A, 15-276 Białystok. anlila@poczta. onet.pl

PMID: 16362865

Abstract

A case of a 63-year old female with symptomatic advanced right-ventricular (RV) heart failure due to malignant pericardial mesothelioma is presented. Echocardiography revealed that RV failure was due to the tumour-induced compression of the right atrium and not due to metastatic mesothelioma involving pericardial sac.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Female
Heart Neoplasms / complications*
Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Mesothelioma / complications*
Mesothelioma / diagnostic imaging
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction / etiology*
Pericardium / pathology*
Ultrasonography
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / complications
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / diagnostic imaging
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / etiology*