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Primary Cardiac Angiosarcoma of Left Atrium
Author(s) -
Ho Cally K.L.,
Wang Elaine,
Au W.K.,
Cheng L.C.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2009.00872.x
Subject(s) - medicine , angiosarcoma , left atrium , right atrium , radiology , cardiology , atrial fibrillation
Cardiac angiosarcoma usually arises from the right atrium. We report an extremely rare case of primary angiosarcoma originating from the left atrium in a 70‐year‐old woman. This represents the ninth reported case of left‐sided cardiac angiosarcoma in the English literature. Analysis of all nine cases shows that this malignant neoplasm occurs more in female patients with a mean age of 60 years, unlike the right‐sided one which typically affects male patients in their early 40s. The prognosis of this tumor is extremely poor with life expectancy lying between 3 to 34 months despite early diagnosis by imaging and multimodality treatment.