The chance finding of an atrial septal defect in a cancer patient

Int J Cardiol. 2014 Dec 15;177(2):e68-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.09.153. Epub 2014 Oct 14.

Authors

Pietro Pugliatti¹, Antonino Recupero², Concetta Zito², Salvatore Patanè³

Affiliations

¹ Clinical and Experimental Department of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Messina, Italy. Electronic address: pietropugliatti@tiscali.it.
² Clinical and Experimental Department of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Messina, Italy.
³ Cardiologia Ospedale San Vincenzo - Taormina (Me) Azienda Sanitaria Provinciale di Messina, 98039 Taormina (Messina), Italy.

PMID: 25449495
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.09.153

No abstract available

Keywords: Atrial septal defect; Cardio-oncology; Echocardiography.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Echocardiography
Electrocardiography
Female
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Neoplasms / pathology*
Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / diagnostic imaging