Left ventricular metastasis from renal cell carcinoma causing left ventricular outflow tract obstruction

Korean Circ J. 2010 Aug;40(8):410-3. doi: 10.4070/kcj.2010.40.8.410. Epub 2010 Aug 31.

Abstract

Most cases of cardiac metastasis from renal cell carcinoma (RCC) involve the vena cava or right atrium. Left ventricular metastases from RCC without involving the vena cava or right atrium are extremely rare. Herein we report a case of RCC with left ventricular metastasis causing left ventricular outflow obstruction (LVOT).

Keywords: Echocardiography; Heart neoplasms; Heart ventricles; Metastasis; Renal cell carcinoma.