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  • Cardiology
  • Oncology
  • Pathology

Background:

  • Cardiac masses are rare and diverse, necessitating systematic classification and frequency analysis.
  • Understanding the prevalence of different cardiac mass types is crucial for diagnosis and treatment planning.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To systematically review and classify cardiac masses.
  • To determine the frequencies of various cardiac mass types in a large patient cohort.

Main Methods:

  • A retrospective, cross-sectional study analyzing medical records of 64,862 patients over 12 years.
  • Inclusion criteria: cardiac masses identified by transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and confirmed with advanced imaging (TEE, CT, CMR).
  • Exclusion criteria: acute coronary syndromes, vegetations, device-related thrombi.

Main Results:

  • 127 cardiac masses were identified (0.195% of patients).
  • Breakdown: 33 benign primary tumors (91.67% myxoma), 3 malignant primary tumors, 20 secondary tumors (lymphoma, lung cancer most common), 3 hydatid cysts, 68 thrombi.
  • Thrombi were the most frequent mass type, often associated with malignancies (25%), autoimmune diseases (19.12%), or ischemic heart disease (17.65%).

Conclusions:

  • Benign tumors, predominantly myxomas, were the most common primary cardiac tumors.
  • Secondary cardiac tumors, particularly lymphoma and lung cancer, were more frequent than primary malignant tumors.
  • Malignancy- and autoimmune-associated thrombi were the most common types of cardiac thrombi.