TY - JOUR AU - Yasui, Taku AU - Okuda, Yohei AU - Shioyama, Wataru AU - Oka, Toru AU - Nishikawa, Tatsuya AU - Kamada, Risa AU - Hatano, Koji AU - Nishimura, Kazuo AU - Fujita, Masashi PY - 2020 DA - 2020/09/07 TI - Acute myocardial infarction caused by tumor embolus originating from upper tract urothelial carcinoma: a case report JO - Cardio-Oncology SP - 18 VL - 6 IS - 1 AB - Coronary emboli from malignant tumors rarely cause acute myocardial infarction. We report the case of a patient with tumor embolism from an upper tract urothelial carcinoma that caused acute myocardial infarction via a patent foramen ovale. Coronary blood flow was restored by embolus aspiration without stenting. Clinicians must consider malignant tumor embolism as a possible cause of acute myocardial infarction. SN - 2057-3804 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40959-020-00073-9 DO - 10.1186/s40959-020-00073-9 ID - Yasui2020 ER -