Roever L, Casella-Filho A, Dourado PMM, Resende ES, Chagas ACP. Cardiac tumors: a brief commentary.
Front Public Health 2014;
2:264. [PMID:
25538934 PMCID:
PMC4257081 DOI:
10.3389/fpubh.2014.00264]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2014] [Accepted: 11/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Patients with cardiac tumors may present with cardiovascular related or constitutional symptoms, but more often than not a cardiac mass is discovered incidentally during an imaging examination performed for an unrelated indication. Cardiac myxoma is generally considered to be a surgical emergency. Echocardiography, including the transesophageal approach, is the most important means of diagnosis; computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. The clinical presentation has changed, and the management of cardiac myxoma now needs to be reviewed.
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