Leiomyosarcoma


Atrial fibrillation

An atrial arrhythmia characterized by disorganized atrial activity without discrete P waves on the surface EKG, but instead by an undulating baseline or more sharply circumscribed atrial deflections of varying amplitude an frequency ranging from 350 to 600 per minute.


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PMID (PMCID)
10636956
 MALE Middle Aged
Atrial fibrillation and tumor emboli as manifestations of metastatic leiomyosarcoma to the heart and lung.
Lopez FF, Mangi A, Mylonakis E, Chen JL, Schiffman FJ.
Heart Lung. 2000;29(1):47-9.
We report on and discuss a patient who had atrial fibrillation, peripheral emboli, and thrombocytopenia resulting from a low-grade rectosigmoid leiomyosarcoma metastatic to the pulmonary vein and left atrium.
9209944
 MALE Adult
Primary cardiac leiomyosarcoma: seven-year survival with combined surgical and adjuvant therapy.
Pessotto R, Silvestre G, Luciani GB, Anselmi M, Pasini F, Santini F, Mazzucco A.
Int J Cardiol. 1997;60(1):91-4.
A case of left atrial leiomyosarcoma involving the interatrial septum and the right atrial free wall and presenting with syncope and atrial fibrillation, is described.