Key result
Disseminated malignancy linked to cardiac metastases in ~14% of autopsies.
Population
1,047 autopsies on patients with disseminated malignancy, including 16 patients with laryngeal carcinoma
Design
Case_series
Authors
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May alert clinicians to cardiac metastases in advanced malignancy; leaves open incidence in laryngeal carcinoma pending prospective data.
Observational (n=1,047)
Cardiac signs and symptoms in patients with known malignancy should alert clinicians to the possibility of metastatic disease involving the heart.
Harrer et al. (1970) conducted an observational in Disseminated malignancy (n=1,047). Disseminated malignancy was evaluated on Cardiac metastases. Disseminated malignancy was associated with cardiac metastases in 14.1% of 1,047 autopsies, including 4 of 16 patients with laryngeal carcinoma.
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