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- Title
Pulsus paradoxus due to a tumorous mass constricting the heart.
- Authors
Feistritzer, Hans-Josef; Klug, Gert; Reinstadler, Sebastian Johannes; Pölzl, Gerhard; Metzler, Bernhard
- Abstract
The article describes a case of pulsus paradoxus due to a tumorous mass constricting of the heart in a 54-year old man. Topics discussed include the patient's medical history, details of the findings of his thoracic computed tomography, and the patient's death from progressive cardiopulmonary failure.
- Subjects
BIOPSY; CANCER invasiveness; COMPUTED tomography; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HEART ventricles; HEART beat; HEART conduction system; HEART failure; HEMODYNAMICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESOTHELIOMA; PERICARDIUM; VENA cava superior; PERICARDIAL effusion; MEDICAL drainage; THORACOTOMY; DISEASE complications
- Publication
European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging, 2016, Vol 17, Issue 4, p410
- ISSN
2047-2404
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1093/ehjci/jev344