Abstract Purpose of Review Cardiac masses frequently present significant diagnostic and
therapeutic clinical challenges and encompass a broad set of lesions that can be either …

The intersection of oncological and cardiovascular diseases is an increasingly recognized
phenomenon. This recognition has led to the emergence of cardio-oncology as a true …

Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography is a standard diagnostic and monitoring
tool employed in the management of patients undergoing an entire spectrum of cardiac …

Cardiac tumors are exceedingly rare (0.001-0.03% in most autopsy series). They can be
present anywhere within the heart and can be attached to any surface or be embedded in …

Cardiac tumours are a rare, but often devastating, clinical diagnosis. They encompass a
broad set of lesions that include both neoplastic and non-neoplastic conditions. Cardiac …

Cardiac tumors may be primary (either benign or malignant) or secondary (malignant) and
are first detected by echocardiography in most cases. The cardiologist often challenges their …

Purpose of review Our purpose is to discuss the importance of multimodality imaging in the
assessment of cardiac tumors and management. We have compiled a recent review of the …

Most surgeons will encounter only a handful of primary cardiac tumors outside of myxomas.
Approximately 3 quarters of primary cardiac tumors are benign and 1 quarter is malignant. In …

Background The frequency of primary cardiac tumors is rare at about 0.3% by autopsy. Our
objective was to investigate the characteristics and locations of cardiac tumors and to …

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