title: Cardiac tumors: a brief commentary.
abstract: Patients with cardiac tumors may present with cardiovascular related or constitutional symptoms, but more often than not a cardiac mass is discovered incidentally during an imaging examination performed for an unrelated indication. Cardiac myxoma is generally considered to be a surgical emergency. Echocardiography, including the transesophageal approach, is the most important means of diagnosis; computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. The clinical presentation has changed, and the management of cardiac myxoma now needs to be reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo Medical School , São Paulo , Brazil ; Federal University of Uberlândia , Uberlândia , Brazil.
authors.forename: Leonardo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Roever
authors.affiliation: Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo Medical School , São Paulo , Brazil.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Casella-Filho
authors.affiliation: Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo Medical School , São Paulo , Brazil.
authors.forename: Paulo Magno Martins
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Dourado
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Uberlândia , Uberlândia , Brazil.
authors.forename: Elmiro Santos
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Resende
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine of ABC , Santo André , Brazil.
authors.forename: Antônio Carlos Palandri
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Chagas
keywords: cardiac; echocardiography; heart tumors; myxoma; tumors