Fossa ovalis, patent foramen ovale, and cardiac masses
Key points • Fossa ovalis is a depression on the right atrial side of interatrial septum. It is an embryonic remnant of a once patent channel between the right and…
Introduction to interventional radiology in cardiac mass
Key points • Surgical removal is the mainstay of cardiac mass diagnosis and treatment. • When complete tumor removal of the tumor is not possible or patient intention or condition…
Other masses with the differential diagnosis of cardiac tumors
Key points • Extracardiac cardiac masses are important to the cardiologist because they can sometimes compress the heart or the great vessels, which enter or emerge from the heart, and,…
Pericardial masses
Key points • Pericardial tumors can be benign or malignant. Of the benign pericardial tumors, pericardial cysts are the most common. Other benign pericardial tumors include angiomas, lymphangiomas, fibromas, teratomas,…
Primary cardiac lymphoma
Introduction Primary cardiac lymphoma (PCL) is an extranodal lymphoma which involves the heart and pericardium. It is a very rare tumor, representing 0.5% of all extranodal lymphomas and 1%–2% of…
Minimally invasive surgery in cardiac masses
Key points • Today minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS) is a good alternative for standard midsternotomy for many cardiac surgeries. • Indications, technical issues, and the number of centers for…
Anesthetic considerations in cardiac mass
Key points • Hemodynamic instability or even collapse, hypotension, and arrhythmias caused by a large right/left atrial or atrioventricular valve mass, limiting venous return and obstruction/restriction of intracardiac blood flow….
Oncologic essentials in malignant cardiac masses (approach and follow-up)
Key points • Malignant tumors are extremely rare. • 25% of primary cardiac tumors are malignant. • Most malignant cardiac tumors are metastatic (from breast, lung, melanoma, soft tissue sarcoma,…
Oncologic essentials in benign cardiac masses (approach and follow-up)
Key points • Cardiac tumors consist of a diverse group of conditions with various characteristics, most of them being benign lesions • Association of benign cardiac lesions with genetic syndromes…
PET in malignant cardiac tumors: Diagnosis, approach, and follow up
Key points • In spite of the fact that cardiac tumors are a very rare entity, their diagnosis and clinical management are of paramount importance in the field of cardio-oncology….
