Journal article
Cardiac mass presenting as ST-elevation myocardial infarction: case report and review of the literature
The Journal of invasive cardiology, Vol.20(11), pp.628-630
11/2008
PMID: 18987405
Abstract
We discuss the case of a 71-year-old female patient who presented with findings suggestive of an acute myocardial infarction. Subsequent evaluation revealed an extrinsic cardiac mass encasing the left circumflex and right coronary arteries (RCA) which caused compression and spasticity of the RCA. Biopsy findings were consistent with a hematologic malignancy. Reports of extrinsic compression of epicardial coronary arteries are uncommon. Neoplasms, either primary cardiac tumors or metastatic disease, are a rare cause of extrinsic compression of coronary arteries.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Cardiac mass presenting as ST-elevation myocardial infarction: case report and review of the literature
- Creators
- Guarav Aggarwala - Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 200 Hawkins Dr E318-GH, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. gaurav-aggarwala@uiowa.eduNikhil IyengarPhillip Horwitz
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Journal of invasive cardiology, Vol.20(11), pp.628-630
- PMID
- 18987405
- ISSN
- 1042-3931
- eISSN
- 1557-2501
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/2008
- Academic Unit
- Cardiovascular Medicine; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984094755302771
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