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Dramatic Recovery from Cardiovascular Collapse: Paclitaxel as an Urgent Treatment for Primary Cardiac Angiosarcoma
- Source :
- Internal Medicine
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine, 2021.
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Abstract
- We herein report three patients with cardiac angiosarcoma who were directly admitted to the intensive-care unit for hemodynamic instability with circulatory collapse. Using a multidisciplinary cardio-oncologic approach, we diagnosed their condition as angiosarcoma by an invasive biopsy and urgently started weekly paclitaxel administration despite their poor performance status. Their vital signs were soon stabilized, leading to the patients’ discharge from the hospital. Although no treatment guidelines for cardiac angiosarcoma have been established, chemotherapy with paclitaxel can be an option for cases presenting with hemodynamic instability.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
cardio-oncology
Circulatory collapse
medicine.medical_treatment
Hemangiosarcoma
Vital signs
Case Report
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
chemotherapy
Heart Neoplasms
paclitaxel
03 medical and health sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
0302 clinical medicine
Biopsy
Internal Medicine
medicine
Humans
Angiosarcoma
neoplasms
cardiac angiosarcoma
Collapse (medical)
rare malignant tumor
Chemotherapy
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Shock
General Medicine
hemodynamic instability
medicine.disease
digestive system diseases
Surgery
Paclitaxel
chemistry
030211 gastroenterology & hepatology
medicine.symptom
business
Hemodynamic instability
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09182918
- Volume :
- 60
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Internal Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7e43f68e0755ca4517bbaa3042f3faed