Primary and metastatic cardiac tumors: echocardiographic diagnosis, treatment and prognosis in a 15-years single center study

Primary and metastatic cardiac tumors: echocardiographic diagnosis, treatment and prognosis in a 15-years single center study

Abstract Background The frequency of primary cardiac tumors is rare at about 0.3% by autopsy. Our objective was to investigate the characteristics and locations of cardiac tumors and to provide a prognostic analysis in our hospital. Methods We collected data on 95 patients with echocardiographic dia...

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Main Authors: Natsumi Nomoto, Tomoko Tani, Toshiko Konda, Kitae Kim, Takeshi Kitai, Mitsuhiko Ota, Shuichiro Kaji, Yukihiro Imai, Yukikatsu Okada, Yutaka Furukawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Subjects:
Cardiac tumor
Echocardiography
Diagnosis
Prognosis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13019-017-0672-7

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