Cardiac lymphoma presenting as atrial flutter in an AIDS patient.

Pousset, F; Le Heuzey, J Y; Pialoux, G; Rinaldi, J P; Hernigou, A; Mousseaux, E; Toty, L; Dupont, B et al. · Eur Heart J · 1994

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

An increasing number of patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and cardiac lymphoma have been documented. Antemortem diagnosis of cardiac non-Hodgkin lymphoma in AIDS is difficult because of the non-specificity of the clinical findings. Rapid progression of cardiac dysfunction is common after symptoms appear. We report the case of a patient with AIDS and cardiac lymphoma revealed by an atrial flutter.

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