CHF: "compressive" heart failure? A clinical review of metastatic cardiac tumors.

Abstract

Nearly 10% of patients with malignant neoplasms are found to have cardiac metastasis. Metastatic disease is much more common than primary cardiac tumors and is also associated with a worse prognosis. The authors describe a case of mitral inflow obstruction due to metastatic malignancy to the left atrium which led to "compressive" heart failure. They further provide a clinical review of malignant metastatic heart disease.