Cancer Patient With Unusual Dyspnea in the COVID-19 Era

Giovanni La Malfa, MD; Paolo Spallarossa, MD; Giacomo Tini, MD; Matteo Sarocchi, MD, PhD; Antonio Salsano, MD; Giulia Parolari, MD; Antonio Guadagno, MD; Stefania Sciallero, MD; Italo Porto, MD, PhD; Francesco Santini, MD, PhD

JACC: Case Reports (May 2021)

Cancer Patient With Unusual Dyspnea in the COVID-19 Era

Giovanni La Malfa, MD,
Paolo Spallarossa, MD,
Giacomo Tini, MD,
Matteo Sarocchi, MD, PhD,
Antonio Salsano, MD,
Giulia Parolari, MD,
Antonio Guadagno, MD,
Stefania Sciallero, MD,
Italo Porto, MD, PhD,
Francesco Santini, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Giovanni La Malfa, MD: Cardiovascular Disease Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino–IRCCS Italian Cardiovascular Network, Genova, Italy
Paolo Spallarossa, MD: Cardiovascular Disease Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino–IRCCS Italian Cardiovascular Network, Genova, Italy; Address for correspondence: Dr. Paolo Spallarossa, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino–Largo Rosanna Benzi, 10, 16132 Genova, Italy.
Giacomo Tini, MD: Cardiovascular Disease Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino–IRCCS Italian Cardiovascular Network, Genova, Italy
Matteo Sarocchi, MD, PhD: Cardiovascular Disease Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino–IRCCS Italian Cardiovascular Network, Genova, Italy
Antonio Salsano, MD: Division of Cardiac Surgery, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
Giulia Parolari, MD: Division of Cardiac Surgery, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
Antonio Guadagno, MD: Anatomic Pathology Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
Stefania Sciallero, MD: Medical Oncology Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
Italo Porto, MD, PhD: Cardiovascular Disease Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino–IRCCS Italian Cardiovascular Network, Genova, Italy
Francesco Santini, MD, PhD: Division of Cardiac Surgery, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 5
pp. 823 – 828

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Heart failure symptoms, in particular dyspnea, may be difficult to frame in a patient with cancer. We report the case of an oncological patient whose dyspnea could have been attributable to various causes and whose management was challenging in the context of the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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