Early diagnosis and surgical intervention can cure many benign primary cardiac tumors, but malignant variants remain unresponsive to current treatments.
Supports surgical cure for benign cardiac tumors; leaves open effective options for malignant variants.
Primary cardiac tumors, while uncommon, are not rare neoplasms. They occur in individuals of all ages. A variety of benign and malignant tumors has been described. Presenting signs and symptoms mimic numerous systemic and cardiac disease states. Echocardiography, catheterization, and nuclear magnetic resonance techniques are diagnostic tools available to the physician. Early diagnosis and surgical intervention are curative measures for many benign cardiac tumors. Malignant variants are uniformly unresponsive to treatment.
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