Key result
Cardiac tumor extension presents with acute pericarditis, refractory cardiac decompensation, and specific echocardiographic changes.
Why the study?
Clinical and instrumental characteristics of secondary malignant lesions of the heart and pericardium in neoplastic disease require detailed analysis.
Population
240 patients with metastases and malignant tumors extended to the heart and pericardium
Design
Observational case series
Authors
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May prompt targeted cardiac evaluation in oncology patients; leaves open prospective validation of diagnostic patterns.
Observational (n=240)
Secondary malignant lesions of the heart and pericardium present with distinct clinical, ECG, and echocardiographic features depending on whether the pericardium or myocardium is involved.
L.V. Skhvatsabaja (2009) conducted an observational in Secondary malignant lesions of the heart and pericardium (n=240). Metastases and malignant tumors extended to the heart and pericardium was evaluated on Clinical and instrumental characteristics. In 240 patients, tumor extension to the heart and pericardium was characterized by symptoms of acute pericarditis, refractory cardiac decompensation, and specific echocardiographic changes.
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