Acute pulmonary embolism in a patient with hepatitis C virus infection and hepatocellular carcinoma: a case report

Acute pulmonary embolism in a patient with hepatitis C virus infection and hepatocellular carcinoma: a case report

Abstract Background Cardiac metastases in hepatocellular carcinoma patients are infrequently encountered and usually associated with a very poor prognosis. Case presentation Hereby, we report a case of an acute pulmonary embolism (PE) on top of HCC with direct cardiac invasion to the right atrium (R...

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Main Authors:	Mahmoud Abdelnabi, Yehia Saleh, Abdallah Almaghraby, Özge Özden Tok, Hoda Abdelgawad, Sherif Abd ElSamad
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	SpringerOpen 2021-07-01
Series:	The Egyptian Heart Journal
Subjects:	Hepatitis C virus Pulmonary embolism Hepatocellular carcinoma Echocardiography
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s43044-021-00193-2

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