COMPLETE ATRIOVENTRICULAR-BLOCK DUE TO LARGE-CELL LYMPHOMA - RESOLUTION WITH CHEMOTHERAPY

Authors
GIUDICI MC SADLER RL ROBKEN JA AHEARN MA SEKHARAN R KOVACH G
Citation
Mc. Giudici et al., COMPLETE ATRIOVENTRICULAR-BLOCK DUE TO LARGE-CELL LYMPHOMA - RESOLUTION WITH CHEMOTHERAPY, Clinical cardiology, 19(3), 1996, pp. 262-264
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Clinical cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01609289
Volume
19
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
262 - 264
Database
ISI
SICI code
0160-9289(1996)19:3<262:CADTLL>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Malignant lymphoma commonly involves the heart. Previous studies have found cardiac metastases in up to 20% of patients dying with lymphoma. Cardiac signs and symptoms of lymphoma are relatively rare, however, and in most cases, the diagnosis is made either postmortem or too late to affect the clinical course. This report presents the first case of complete heart block due to lymphoma that responded to surgery and ch emotherapy with return of normal atrial ventricular conduction.