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Cardiac Magnetic Resonance for the Evaluation of Suspected Cardiac Thrombus: Conventional and Emerging Techniques
Published on: June 11, 2019
Malignant cardiac tumors: diagnosis and treatment
Chiara Lestuzzi1, Antonino De Paoli2, Tanja Baresic3
1Cardiology Unit, Oncology Department, CRO, National Cancer Institute (IRCCS), Aviano (PN), Italy.
Abstract:
Primary malignant cardiac tumors are represented by sarcomas and non-Hodgkin lymphomas. They are rare, affect mostly patients in the fourth decade of life and have a severe prognosis. Both the diagnosis and the treatment require a multidisciplinary approach, and the cardiologist plays a central role both in the diagnosis and in the follow-up. The prognosis may be improved by a careful planning of surgery and by the use of multimodality treatment, including complementary chemotherapy and radiation therapy. A strict follow-up must be planned even after apparently complete cure.
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