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[Left ventricular outflow obstruction as a result of external cardiac compression by a mediastinal tumor]
W Rydlewska-Sadowska1, M Kowalski, E Borowiecka
1Kliniki Szybkiej Diagnostyki i Zakładu Radiologii Instytutu Kardiologii w Warszawie.
Kardiologia Polska
|June 1, 1993
Abstract:
A case of left ventricular outflow tract stenosis resulted from compression of the heart is presented. This symptomatic cardiovascular lesion was produced by extensive growth of mediastinal tumour. Numerous noninvasive methods were necessary to establish this difficult diagnosis. The patient underwent surgery that disclosed a benign process (of neurofibroma). After tumour's resection marked hemodynamic signs subsided.