Wahba, A (1997) Tumours of the heart. MEDIZINISCHE WELT, 48 (12). pp. 530-534. ISSN 0025-8512,
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Tumours of the heart are a rare clinical diagnosis. They produce a great variety of symptoms which may be misleading. Nowadays B-mode echocardiography and MR-imaging facilitate reaching the correct diagnosis early. Most commonly tumours of the heart and pericardium are secondaries resulting from metastatic spread. Usually they occur late in the course of a malignant disease. The development of a recurrent pericardial effusion may require therapeutic interventions. The most common primary tumour of the heart is the myxoma, accounting far 30%. The typical location is the left atrium. Today surgical excision using extra-corporeal circulation is a routine procedure carrying an excellent prognosis. Malignant primary heart tumours comprise about 25% of primary heart tumours diagnosed at autopsy. Their prognosis is poor. Early radical excision combined with radiotherapy or chemotherapy may be curative in selected cases.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | CARDIAC MYXOMAS; heart tumours; echocardiography; myxoma; heart surgery |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Last Modified: | 19 Oct 2022 08:30 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/50374 |
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