Brodell G K, Schiavone W A, Finkelhor R
Department of Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
Chest. 1989 Oct;96(4):934-5. doi: 10.1378/chest.96.4.934.
Two cases of esophageal carcinoma with echocardiographically demonstrable direct extension are presented. Recognition of esophageal carcinoma metastatic to the heart is clinically difficult but can be facilitated by two-dimensional echocardiography. Earlier recognition of cardiac metastases by echocardiography may allow more effective therapy.
