TY - CHAP
T1 - Cardiac Tumors
AU - Lange, Rüdiger
AU - Günther, Thomas
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
PY - 2023/1/1
Y1 - 2023/1/1
N2 - During the past three decades, the development and refinement of noninvasive imaging modalities as well as technical advances in heart surgery have changed profoundly the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac tumors. Primary cardiac tumors are rare in all age groups. Reynen analyzed the data of 22 autopsy series and found a frequency of 0.02%, corresponding to 200 tumors in 1 million autopsies. In pediatric patients, more than 90% of primary cardiac tumors are benign. The clinical manifestations of cardiac tumors vary considerably, from asymptomatic presentations to life-threatening cardiac events. The etiology of a cardiac tumor can often be determined by talking into consideration the following factors: age of the patient at the time of presentation, tumor location, histology-based likelihood, noninvasive tissue characteristics, and clinical features. Although the exact surgical management of a cardiac tumor depends largely on the site and extent of the mass, some general comments regarding surgical resection are appropriate.
AB - During the past three decades, the development and refinement of noninvasive imaging modalities as well as technical advances in heart surgery have changed profoundly the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac tumors. Primary cardiac tumors are rare in all age groups. Reynen analyzed the data of 22 autopsy series and found a frequency of 0.02%, corresponding to 200 tumors in 1 million autopsies. In pediatric patients, more than 90% of primary cardiac tumors are benign. The clinical manifestations of cardiac tumors vary considerably, from asymptomatic presentations to life-threatening cardiac events. The etiology of a cardiac tumor can often be determined by talking into consideration the following factors: age of the patient at the time of presentation, tumor location, histology-based likelihood, noninvasive tissue characteristics, and clinical features. Although the exact surgical management of a cardiac tumor depends largely on the site and extent of the mass, some general comments regarding surgical resection are appropriate.
KW - cardiac tumors
KW - heart surgery
KW - life-threatening cardiac events
KW - noninvasive tissue characteristics
KW - surgical management
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U2 - 10.1002/9781119282327.ch40
DO - 10.1002/9781119282327.ch40
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85153636430
SN - 9781119282310
SP - 867
EP - 881
BT - Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Fifth Edition
PB - wiley
ER -