title: Cardiac tumours.
abstract: Most patients with cardiac mass have clinical signs mimicking mitral stenosis. As this tumorous mass carries the risk of obstructing the systemic circulation, the physician must consider the possibility of a cardiac tumour in differential diagnosis. That's why all patients presenting with clinical symptoms and a physical finding of mitral stenosis--even those without a history of rheumatic fever--should have routine echocardiography performed. All patients with a documented mass in cardiac chambers should be treated surgically and without delay, if possible.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fabián
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sochman
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Firt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery