Open AccessCardiac manifestations of noncardiac tumors. Part I: Direct effects
Author(s) -
Weinberg B. A.,
Conces D. J.,
Waller B. F.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.4960120512
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac tamponade , pericardial effusion , cardiac tumors , radiation therapy , chemotherapy , cardiology , neoplasm , radiology , pathology
Cardiac manifestations of secondary tumors of the heart may exert their effects directly by endocardial, myocardial, epicardial, or cavitary deposits (metastatic lesions), indirectly via tumor products such as in carcinoma, or mediated by therapy (chemotherapy, radiation) to treat the primary neoplasm. Part I of this review summarizes the frequency of metastatic cardiac involvement by various tumors and discusses pericardial manifestations (effusion, tamponade, constriction), one of the most common consequences of direct cardiac involvement by secondary tumors.