| Abstrakt: |
Cardiac tumours remain a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge despite the advances in diagnosis methods and the discovery of molecular mechanisms of tumour growth and intercellular receptor interaction. Their radical treatment remains the gold standard of therapy and is performed by highly qualified cardiac surgery teams. The realisation of this requires good knowledge of the pathophysiology and pathomorphology of the possible variants of tumour formations affecting the cardiac structures, which will allow early suspicion, correct diagnosis, classification and the corresponding transition to treatment. Radical surgical treatment in some cases allows a complete cure. This review aims to summarize the current literature data on classification, pathophysiology and pathomorphology of cardiac tumours, the clinical picture, possibilities for diagnostic confirmation, as well as to discuss treatment options and prognosis for specific tumour types. The focus of the review is the surgical treatment of heart tumours and Cardiac Surgery Department at National Heart Hospital's experience in this field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
