Clinical Diagnosis of Secondary Tumors of the Heart and Pericardium

Right ventricular inflow and outflow obstruction due to adrenal cell carcinoma

“…The clinical presentation of patients with secondary intraventricular cardiac tumors is highly variable [6]. Symptomatology may range from no apparent symptoms to a dry cough, dyspnea on exertion, fatigue, anorexia, or dizziness.…”

What Is the Truth Behind Abnormal ECG Changes?

“…1 Cardiac metastasis is difficult to diagnose because of the lack of specific clinical manifestations. The pericardium is the most commonly involved site 2 ; thus, patients can present with signs and symptoms of acute pericarditis (chest pain and pericardial friction rub), cardiac tamponade (tachycardia, hypotension, and jugular venous distention), or heart failure (dyspnea and pulmonary crackles), or a combination of these symptoms, caused by reduced myocardial contractility.…”

Palliative treatment of malignant pericardial effusion: Report of two cases and a review of the literature

“…Metastases to the heart and pericardium are not uncommon; as incidence of 15%-20% is reported in various post-mortem studies [2][3][4]16]. The malignancies that commonly involve the heart and pericardium include carcinoma of the lung and breast, lymphoma, leukaemia and malignant melanoma [4,8,11,15].…”