Role of Echocardiography in Diagnosing Metastatic Testicular Carcinoma in a Young Patient Presenting as Right Heart Failure.

作者信息

Mahalwar Gauranga, Barve Nishad, Furqan Muhammad M, Reyaldeen Reza M, Kumar Ashwin, Collier Patrick, Klein Allan L

机构信息

Cleveland Clinic Akron General, Akron, Ohio.

Center for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pericardial Diseases, Section of Cardiovascular Imaging, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.

出版信息

CASE (Phila). 2022 Jan 11;6(2):63-66. doi: 10.1016/j.case.2021.11.011. eCollection 2022 Apr.

DOI:10.1016/j.case.2021.11.011

PMID:35492298

原文链接:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9050579/

Abstract

• Metastatic GCTs may initially present as right heart failure. • TTE and TEE can diagnose cardiac metastasis and monitor cardiac function. • Multimodality imaging informs about tumor burden in metastatic cardiac tumors.

摘要