PMID: 11338260May 8, 2001Paper

First case of myocardial metastasis of an epidermoid tumor. Value of Doppler tissue imaging

Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux
E DonalD Coisne

Abstract

The authors report the first case of a poorly differentiated epidermoid oesophageal cancer with myocardial metastasis. The diagnosis of malignant invasion of the myocardium was made by transthoracic echocardiography with electrocardiographic changes of subepicardial ischaemia. The authors review the literature of metastasic cardiac disease after the study of this particular case and underline the value of Doppler tissue imaging for myocardial characterisation.

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