title: [Malignant primary tumors of the heart].
abstract: Primary tumors of the heart are rare, and a quarter of these tumors prove to be histologically malignant. Benign and malignant primary as well as secondary heart tumors belong to the differential diagnosis when a new heart murmur, heart rhythm disturbances, or cardiac insufficiency appear. In the diagnostics of intracardiac space-occupying lesions, two-dimensional echocardiography represents the method of choice, supplemental examination by computer tomography or nuclear magnetic resonance imaging may be helpful.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik II, Technischen Universität Dresden.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Reynen
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Daniel
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D011379:Prognosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed