Primary cardiac tumors
Rare, benign
Cardiac tumor workup
TTE
cMRI
cardiac CT
PET
Biopsy
Most common primary tumor
Myxoma
Left atrium, attached via stalk to interatrial septum
+Systemic symptmos due to IL-6
Most common valvular cardiac tumors
Papillary Fibroelastoma
Small, benign tumors from cardiac endothelium
Most common primary malignant cardiac tumor
Sarcoma
Metastasis to heart from _______
lung, melanoma, breast, leukemia, lymphoma, esophageal and renal CA