TY - JOUR T1 - Primary angiosarcoma of the heart JF - Heart JO - Heart SP - 1878 LP - 1879 DO - 10.1136/heartjnl-2013-303813 VL - 99 IS - 24 AU - Usha Rao AU - J Curtin AU - A Ryding Y1 - 2013/12/15 UR - http://heart.bmj.com/content/99/24/1878.abstract N2 - A 67-year-old cachectic patient presented with a 6-week history of increasing breathlessness, loss of weight and appetite. Examination showed peripheral oedema and signs of cardiac tamponade. Transthoracic echocardiography demonstrated a thick walled cystic mass in the anterior pericardium (see online supplementary video 1), compressing the right ventricle (RV) and right atrium (RA). Further evaluation, including bubble contrast echocardiography, suggested a haematogenous connection between the RA and tumour cavity (see online supplementary video 2). This was confirmed on a contrast enhanced CT scan, with late contrast … ER -