TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ali, Laith
AU  - Cuneo, Brian
AU  - Ghazzal, Amre
AU  - Sallam, Tariq
AU  - Zaghlol, Raja
TI  - Crossing Boundaries: A Rare Case of Cardiac Dysfunction
SN  - 2168-8184
PY  - 2020///
KW  - IN PROCESS -- NOT YET INDEXED
KW  - MedStar Washington Hospital Center
KW  - Medicine/Internal Medicine
KW  - Medicine/Pulmonary-Critical Care
KW  - Case Reports
N2  - Cardiac tumors are relatively rare. Secondary cardiac tumors are by far more common than primary cardiac tumors. Cardiac involvement may occur  secondary to hematogenous metastases, direct invasion, or tumor growth into the venous system and extension into the right atrium. Patients can present with  a spectrum of conditions, including embolization, obstruction of ventricular outflow tracts, direct invasion of myocardium causing impaired myocardial  function, invasion of surrounding tissue, interference with valvular function causing valvular regurgitation, or constitutional non-specific signs and  symptoms. Imaging modalities are essential for diagnosis. Management is mostly surgical, but can include other medical strategies as well. We present a case  of a 65-year-old male with hepatocellular carcinoma with direct invasion to the heart through the venous system. Copyright (c) 2020, Ali et al
UR  - https://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7998
ER  -