Open full size image KEY POINTS Cardiovascular risks depend on traditional risk factors, cancer type, and type of surgical procedures. Assessment of left ventricular (LV) function should be performed preoperatively in patients who have received potentially cardiotoxic chemotherapies, including but…
Additional content is available online at Elsevier eBooks for Practicing Clinicians Cardiac masses frequently present significant diagnostic and therapeutic clinical challenges. In many cases, a cardiac mass is detected as an incidental finding and the resultant evaluation may culminate in…
Additional content is available online at Elsevier eBooks for Practicing Clinicians The impetus for the development of transcatheter therapies for valvular heart disease (VHD) arises from two major factors. First, a transcatheter therapy can avoid the risks associated with more…
Neoplastic involvement of the heart can be divided into primary cardiac tumors arising in the heart and secondary cardiac tumors that have metastasized to the heart. Primary cardiac tumors can be further stratified into benign and malignant tumors. Secondary involvement…