Key result
Massive hidden LV pleomorphic leiomyosarcoma causes cardiogenic shock and rapid multiorgan failure.
Why the study?
Cardiac sarcomas are rare and aggressive tumors with potential multiorgan involvement and unfavorable prognosis.
Case Report (n=1)
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Primary cardiac sarcomas are extremely rare and can present dramatically with cardiogenic shock, carrying a very poor prognosis especially in fragile elderly patients.
Alerts clinicians to occult sarcomas in unexplained elderly cardiogenic shock; leaves open optimal diagnostic strategies.
Cardiac sarcomas are rare and aggressive tumors that could have a multiorgan involvement and unfavorable prognosis. We present an extremely rare situation of cardiac sarcoma in a fragile elderly patient with a dramatic presentation of cardiogenic shock.
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Negri et al. (2022) conducted a case report in Cardiac sarcoma presenting with cardiogenic shock (n=1). Cardiac sarcoma was evaluated. An 81-year-old woman presented with cardiogenic shock and rapid multiorgan failure caused by a massive, hidden left ventricular pleomorphic leiomyosarcoma.
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