RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Primary left atrial angiosarcoma mimicking severe mitral valve stenosis
JF Heart
JO Heart
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society
SP e27
OP e27
DO 10.1136/hrt.2004.050872
VO 91
IS 4
A1 M Engelen
A1 C Bruch
A1 A Hoffmeier
A1 C Kersting
A1 J Stypmann
YR 2005
UL http://heart.bmj.com/content/91/4/e27.abstract
AB Primary cardiac tumours are quite rare and most of these tumours are benign. In this report, a patient presented with heart failure symptoms attributable to severe mitral valve stenosis. Echocardiography showed a dense left atrial mass causing functional mitral valve obstruction. The morphological and intraoperative presentation was highly suggestive of a myxoma but histopathological examination found a primary pedunculated cardiac angiosarcoma. The role of two dimensional and transoesophageal echocardiography in the assessment of cardiac masses and tumours is discussed.