Key points CT has emerged as an important imaging modality in the evaluation of cardiac and paracardiac neoplasms. CT has several advantages including wide availability, rapid acquisition time, excellent isotropic spatial resolution, and multiplanar reconstruction capabilities. CT is a robust…
Key points Newer echocardiographic techniques may provide incremental information to help characterize cardiac masses. Myocardial contrast echocardiography allows an improved definition of intracavity structures and an assessment of vascularity. The difference in the perfusion of cardiac masses may help distinguish…
Key points Most malignant cardiac tumors are metastatic, most commonly from lung and breast carcinomas, melanomas, soft tissue sarcomas, and renal carcinomas. Malignant primary cardiac tumors are rare and mostly consist of various sarcomas and lymphomas. Twenty-five percent of primary…
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Key points Vegetations are oscillating or nonoscillating intracardiac masses on the valves or other endocardial structures or intracardiac implanted materials. Vegetations are typically located on the upstream side of the valves, are usually irregularly and grotesquely shaped, and exhibit disordered…
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Key points Baseline ECG in any cardiac or extracardiac tumors is mandatory since therapeutic side effects of chemotherapy on heart are proven. Comprehensive understanding of the cardiac effect of anticancer agents is mandatory to predict side effects and prevent irreversible…
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Key Points Cardiac tumors are being rare, but form an important component of cardio-oncology practice in which diagnosis and management are vital. Tumors encompass a broad set of lesions and/or masses that can be categorized as neoplastic or nonneoplastic. Neoplastic…