Cardiac tumors in the pediatric population - surgical experience of four decades [PDF]
Introduction/Objective. Although cardiac tumors in the pediatric population are found infrequently, their occurrence is constant and with occasional variations.
Stajević Mila +9 more
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Intracardiac masses: Single center experience within 12 years: I-MASS Study
Objective: The aim of this cross-sectional, retrospective, descriptive study was to review and classify cardiac masses systematically and to determine their frequencies. Methods: The medical records of 64,862 consecutive patients were investigated within
Zehra Bugra +28 more
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Cardiac papillary fibroelastomas: A 10-year single-center surgical experience and long-term echocardiographic follow-up study [PDF]
Aims. Limited contemporary data are available on the clinical and echocardiographic outcomes after surgery for cardiac papillary fibroelastoma (CPF). The aim of this study was to review the clinical manifestations, pathological characteristics, surgical ...
Brát, Radim +3 more
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A case of primary cardiac sarcoma with an acute presentation: The role of multimodality imaging
The case highlights the value of contrast echocardiography in raising clinical suspicion of malignancy, allowing a diagnostic work‐up and the treatment of the primitive heart tumors.
Luca Restivo +9 more
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Surgical Treatment of Benign Cardiac Tumors
Myxoma and papillary fibroelastoma are the most common benign cardiac tumors accounting for the majority of the benign tumors a surgeon will see. (2) Myxomas occur most commonly in the left atrium but can occur in any cardiac chamber and represent over ...
T. MacGillivray, M. Reardon
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Cardiac Tumors: Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Treatment
Cardiac masses frequently present significant diagnostic and therapeutic clinical challenges and encompass a broad set of lesions that can be either neoplastic or non-neoplastic.
R. Bussani +14 more
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Cardiac tumors in both twins – A case report of a rare occurrence
Cardiac tumors in neonates and infancy are one among the many known congenital cardiac diseases. Although fetal cardiac tumors are rare, there is increased detection because of expertise in echocadiographic examination.
N M Sharath Babu +4 more
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Successful Management of Maternal Left Atrial Myxoma in Pregnancy
A 29-year-old woman (gravida 3, para 2) presented at 28 weeks+2 days of gestation with a two-months history of dyspnea associated with orthopnea and occasional palpitations.
Nihal Al Riyami +3 more
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Unexplained recurrent pericardial effusion in a young adult male: Think beyond tuberculosis
Pericardial effusion is usually caused by infection, fluid overload states, connective tissue disorders, heart surgery, aortic dissection, and malignancy.
Anshuman Darbari +3 more
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Rare presentation of an atrial myxoma in an adolescent patient: A case report and literature review [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Cardiac tumors are uncommon in the pediatric population. When present, cardiac manifestations stem from the tumor causing inflow or outflow obstruction.
Anwar, Shafkat +6 more
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