CARDIAC PARAGANGLIOMA FOUND DURING ANGINA EVALUATION
M. VAYNBLAT,
M. KOECKERT,
F. ZHOU,
A. BABAEV
Affiliations
M. VAYNBLAT
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, USA
M. KOECKERT
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, USA
F. ZHOU
Department of Pathology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, USA
A. BABAEV
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, USA
Cardiac paragangliomas are an extremely rare cause of cardiac masses. We present a case of a cardiac paraganglioma presenting as a highly vascular mass on coronary angiography in a patient with angina, we discuss the challenges in its diagnostic evaluation and management.
