AUTHOR=Roever Leonardo , Casella-Filho Antonio , Dourado Paulo Magno Martins , Resende Elmiro Santos , Chagas Antônio Carlos Palandri TITLE=Cardiac Tumors: A Brief Commentary JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health VOLUME=2 YEAR=2014 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2014.00264 DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2014.00264 ISSN=2296-2565 ABSTRACT=

Patients with cardiac tumors may present with cardiovascular related or constitutional symptoms, but more often than not a cardiac mass is discovered incidentally during an imaging examination performed for an unrelated indication. Cardiac myxoma is generally considered to be a surgical emergency. Echocardiography, including the transesophageal approach, is the most important means of diagnosis; computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. The clinical presentation has changed, and the management of cardiac myxoma now needs to be reviewed.