Pericardial Involvement in Cancer

Despite the monumental advances in the diagnoses and therapeutics of malignancy, several cancer patients have presented with pericardial involvement, including acute pericarditis, constrictive pericarditis, and pericardial effusion.Multiple factors can contribute to acute pericarditis, including direct metastasis to the heart, pericardial hemorrhage, infections due to immunosuppression, and cancer therapies that include chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and radiation. Pericardial effusion, either due to cancer invasion or cancer treatment, is one of the most common incidental findings in cancer patients, which significantly worsens morbidity and mortality.

Source: The American Journal of Cardiology - January 14, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnny Chahine, Shashank Shekhar, Gauranga Mahalwar, Massimo Imazio, Patrick Collier, Allan Klein Source Type: research