title: Characteristics of 161 patients with cardiac tumors diagnosed during 1993 and 1994 in Japan.
abstract: We investigated clinical and pathologic characteristics of 161 patients with primary or secondary cardiac tumors diagnosed between 1993 and 1994 in Japan. The increased use of cardiovascular imaging, especially echocardiography, contributed to the early identification of small cardiac tumors, resulting in a reduction of the serious complications such as embolization.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Tottori University School of Medicine, Yonago, Nishimachi, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ohtahara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kinugawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kuroda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mashiba
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Shigemasa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D014463:Ultrasonography