Aspiration of Right Atrial Tumor Metastasis.

JACC Case Rep

Department of Interventional Cardiology, Memorial Medical Center, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.

Published: September 2024

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A 72-year-old man with cirrhosis had undiagnosed hepatocellular carcinoma with distant metastasis occupying nearly the entire right atrium. He was a poor surgical candidate because of his bleeding risks and advanced liver cirrhosis. He successfully underwent urgent large-bore aspiration thrombectomy under simultaneous echocardiography and fluoroscopy, thus leading to a diagnosis of metastatic malignant disease.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11442169PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2024.102502DOI Listing

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