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This case report presents a 60-year-old gentleman with a significant smoking history and possible asbestos exposure who was referred to the emergency department for atrial fibrillation with a rapid ventricular rate and symptoms of heart failure. Labs showed normal brain natriuretic peptide and troponin I. His echocardiography finding suggested constrictive pericarditis with an ejection fraction of 60%.
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June 2021
Department of Cardiology, Liberec Regional Hospital, Husova 357/10, 460 63, Liberec, Czech Republic.
Left ventricular dysfunction is a common reason for patients' referral to cardiology departments for examination. Cardiac involvement is one of the possible yet rare presentations of malignant mesothelioma. We present a case of a patient in whom a routine cardiac examination and imaging revealed malignant mesothelioma.
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Transl Lung Cancer Res
February 2021
Intensive Care Unit, Medical Clinic I, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Munich, Germany.
Malignant mesothelioma is an aggressive cancer associated with prior exposure to asbestos and dismal prognosis. Immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy is currently approved by the Food and Drug Administration for pre-treated malignant pleural mesothelioma. We describe a 75-year-old patient with disseminated, progressive malignant mesothelioma receiving 2 cycles of pembrolizumab who presented with generalized muscle weakness, shortness of breath, double vision and ptosis.
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ARYA Atheroscler
March 2020
Fellowship, Echocardiography Research Center, Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Background: Pericardial mesothelioma cyst occurs rarely, and is often found incidentally. The coexistence between large pericardial mesothelial cyst and hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) can make difficulties in medical management.
Case Report: Our case was a 33-year-old man presented with dizziness and pallor while standing since four years before, and recent syncope.
Surgery for Mesothelioma After Radiation Therapy (SMART); A Single Institution Experience.
Front Oncol
March 2020
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States.
The optimal treatment sequence for localized malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is controversial. We aimed to assess outcomes and toxicities of treating localized MPM with neoadjuvant radiation therapy (RT) followed by extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP). Patients were enrolled on an institutional protocol of surgery for mesothelioma after radiation therapy (SMART) between June 2016 and May 2017.
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