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Case Report

Primary Left Atrial Angiosarcoma Determining Severe Mitral Valve Stenosis

by
Natalia Pavone
1,*,
Vasileios Tsiopoulos
1,
Riccardo Marano
2,
Mariangela Novello
3 and
Mario Gaudino
1
1
Division of Cardiac Surgery, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
2
Department of Bioimaging and Radiological Sciences Institute of Radiology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
3
Department of Pathology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Cardiovasc. Med. 2012, 15(2), 55; https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2012.01642
Submission received: 22 November 2011 / Revised: 22 December 2011 / Accepted: 22 January 2012 / Published: 22 February 2012
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Abstract

Primary cardiac tumours are a rare pathogical entity. In the vast majority of cases these tumours are benign [1,2]; among malignant histotypes, angiosarcoma is the most common, representing 15–35% of all cardiac tumours [2,3]. Primary cardiac angiosarcomas usually arise from the right atrium or the pericardium; they typically occur in the third to fifth decade of life and are two to three times more frequent in males. We report a case of primary angiosarcoma arising from the left atrium in a female patient who had already undergone mitral valve repair.
Keywords: atrium; cardiac tumours; mitral valve; adult; surgery; emergency atrium; cardiac tumours; mitral valve; adult; surgery; emergency

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Pavone, N.; Tsiopoulos, V.; Marano, R.; Novello, M.; Gaudino, M. Primary Left Atrial Angiosarcoma Determining Severe Mitral Valve Stenosis. Cardiovasc. Med. 2012, 15, 55. https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2012.01642

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Pavone N, Tsiopoulos V, Marano R, Novello M, Gaudino M. Primary Left Atrial Angiosarcoma Determining Severe Mitral Valve Stenosis. Cardiovascular Medicine. 2012; 15(2):55. https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2012.01642

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Pavone, Natalia, Vasileios Tsiopoulos, Riccardo Marano, Mariangela Novello, and Mario Gaudino. 2012. "Primary Left Atrial Angiosarcoma Determining Severe Mitral Valve Stenosis" Cardiovascular Medicine 15, no. 2: 55. https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2012.01642

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Pavone, N., Tsiopoulos, V., Marano, R., Novello, M., & Gaudino, M. (2012). Primary Left Atrial Angiosarcoma Determining Severe Mitral Valve Stenosis. Cardiovascular Medicine, 15(2), 55. https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2012.01642

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