Vol 63, No 11 (2005)
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Published online: 2005-11-18
Echocardiogram of the month
Severe right-ventricular heart failure due to malignant pericardial mesothelioma
DOI: 10.33963/v.kp.81765
Kardiol Pol 2005;63(11):569-570.
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.
Keywords: malignant pericardial mesotheliomaright-ventricular heart failureechocardiography
