Malignant Primary and Metastatic Cardiac Tumors: A Single-Center 27-Year Case Review - Concepedia

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Malignant Primary and Metastatic Cardiac Tumors: A Single-Center 27-Year Case Review

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2023

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P Garcia Bras, Luísa Moura Branco, A Galrinho, Ana Teresa Timóteo, T Mano, V Ferreira, I Cardoso, A Castelo, Eugénia Pinto, Pedro Coelho,

Abstract

Diagnosis of metastatic cardiac tumors was more common than that of malignant primary tumors, both with a dismal prognosis. When radical exeresis is not possible, heart transplantation can be an option with a favorable outcome in carefully selected patients with sarcomas.