Frequency of primary tumors of the heart.
Primary tumors of the heart are rare. Based upon the data of 22 large autopsy series, the frequency of primary cardiac tumors is approximately 0.02%--corresponding to 200 tumors in 1 million autopsies (Table I).
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Department of Internal Medicine II, University of Erlangen-Nümberg, Germany.
D001344:Autopsy; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans