Key result
Advanced imaging techniques like echocardiography, CT, MRI, and PET are essential for evaluating heart tumors, though histopathological examination remains the gold standard for final diagnosis.
Why the study?
Heart tumors are a rare but important element of cardio-oncology, warranting a summary of available knowledge on symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options.
This review highlights that while imaging techniques have improved non-invasive diagnosis of rare cardiac tumors, histopathological examination remains the gold standard.
Cardiac tumor diagnosis still requires histopathology; leaves open optimal non-invasive strategies in cardio-oncology.
Heart tumors are a rare oncological problem. Nevertheless, they are an important element of cardio-oncology that should not be forgotten. The development of imaging techniques has made it possible to increase the probability of making a diagnosis in a non-invasive way. Despite the development of techniques such as computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging or positron emission tomography, histopathological examination still remains the gold standard for making the final diagnosis and determining the appropriate therapeutic procedure. This paper is a summary of the available knowledge on the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment options of cardiac tumors. Data were obtained from PubMed and Google Scholar.
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Misiło et al. (2023) conducted a review in Heart tumors. Diagnosis and treatment methods was evaluated. Advanced imaging techniques like echocardiography, CT, MRI, and PET are essential for evaluating heart tumors, though histopathological examination remains the gold standard for final diagnosis.
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