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….
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,…
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…
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….
Key points • Cardiac tumors in adults are rare and most of them are benign. • The benign cardiac tumors include cardiac myxoma, fibroma, rhabdomyoma, papillary fibroelastoma, hemangioma, lipoma, hamartoma,…
Key points • Most patients with cardiac masses are asymptomatic; however, they may present with symptomatology and clinical signs suggestive of more common and rapidly debilitating syndromes such as angina,…
Key points • Cardiac neoplasms are rare and most of the malignancies in this organ are metastatic in origin. Fig. 18.2 Angiosarcoma (gross). Right atrial angiosarcoma in a 49/Y woman:…
Key points • Differentiating primary benign vs malignant cardiac tumors can be done using multimodal imaging as well as tissue biopsy. • Clinical features including rapid growth, involvement of multiple…
Key points • Benign cardiac masses are exceedingly rare, and the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms behind their emergence are poorly understood • Most patients are asymptomatic unless the mass exerts an…
Key points • Positron emission tomography (PET) measures two annihilation photons of an emitted positron from a radionuclide-labeled tracer with a specific biochemical distribution, resulting in molecular imaging of biological…
