[Malignant primary tumors of the heart]

Z Kardiol. 1997 Aug;86(8):598-607. doi: 10.1007/s003920050099.
[Article in German]

Abstract

Primary tumors of the heart are rare, and a quarter of these tumors prove to be histologically malignant. Benign and malignant primary as well as secondary heart tumors belong to the differential diagnosis when a new heart murmur, heart rhythm disturbances, or cardiac insufficiency appear. In the diagnostics of intracardiac space-occupying lesions, two-dimensional echocardiography represents the method of choice, supplemental examination by computer tomography or nuclear magnetic resonance imaging may be helpful.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echocardiography
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Heart Neoplasms / pathology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Myocardium / pathology
  • Prognosis
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed