Why the study?
Cardiac angiosarcoma often has atypical symptoms and a rapidly progressive nature that contribute to delayed diagnosis and poor outcomes.
Cardiac angiosarcoma can present atypically with idiopathic pericardial effusion and progress rapidly to complications like ischemic stroke and death, highlighting the need for multimodal diagnostic work-up including pericardial biopsy.
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Consider cardiac angiosarcoma in unexplained pericardial effusion with stroke; leaves open earlier imaging strategies.
Chaves et al. (2019) studied this question.
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