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Swetha Kannan
Gulf Medical University, UAE
ScientificTracks Abstracts: Health Pol
Background: Cardiac tumours are substantially infrequent. However, metastasis to the heart from a primary cancer elsewhere in the body is reported often. In addition to its poor prognosis, the diagnosis of cardiac metastasis is considered tough to establish. Primary lung cancers contribute to the maximum of cardiac metastasis cases. Owing to its predominantly clinically silent nature, myocardial metastasis isn’t usually detected until autopsy. Aim: This narrative review aims at highlighting the ECG findings that are seen among patients with myocardial metastasis resulting from lung cancer. It also analyses the clinical presentations associated with cardiac metastasis. Although ECG findings are not standard means of diagnosis, characteristic changes were reported, which might suggest further investigations for the same. Methods: The studies reported in this review were collected from databases that include PubMed, ScienceDirect, Hindawi, ResearchGate and AHA journals in the period of 1980-2022. The keywords used for searching in the databases included ECG, cardiac metastasis, lung cancer. Articles focusing on lung cancer specifically was included, and studies reporting findings associated with other forms of cancer were excluded. A majority of case reports was used for this review. Results: Literature review showed that ECG findings in a patient with cardiac metastasis imitated that of myocardial infarction. Conclusion: This review article encourages health researchers to decipher and justify the findings reported and develop a quicker strategic outline for diagnosis. It also aims to educate the healthcare professionals on the early detection of myocardial metastasis with the study of the preliminary ECG picture, thereby ensuring a better prognosis. Recent publications 1. Relationship between sleep and hypertension: A Narrative Review 2. Utilization of Complementary and Alternative Medicine for the Management of Cardiovascular Diseases Among Adults in Ajman, United Arab Emirates.
Swetha is a third-year medical student in UAE. She has authored a book at the age of 18. She has published three medical papers and presented her papers at several international medical conferences.
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