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Primary Cardiac Angiosarcoma with Right Coronary Artery-to-Pericardial Fistula

A Case Report

Kent Thieman, MD

Fredrick Nuss, MD

Allan P. Latcham, MD, FACC

Christopher A. Reising, MD

1221 Pleasant Street, Suite 550 Des Moines, IA 50309-1428

Primary cardiac sarcoma is a rare tumor that is difficult to diagnose preoperatively. Hemopericardium and coronary artery fistula are rare complications of primary cardiac sarcoma. The authors report a case of primary cardiac angiosarcoma presenting with hemopericardium, secondary to right coronary artery-to-pericardial fistula, with a review of the literature.

Angiology, Vol. 50, No. 9, 777-780 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/000331979905000913


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