Severe right-ventricular heart failure due to malignant pericardial mesothelioma

Kardiologia Polska. 2005 Nov;63(5):569-70. [Link]

Lisowska A, Knapp M, Sobkowicz B, Musial WJ.

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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.