A monthly publication of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology and considered the main channel for the promotion of Brazilian cardiovascular research.
ISSN 0066-782X
eISSN 1678-4170
Laura A. Cervantes-Molina
, David Ramírez-Cedillo, Italo D. Masini-Aguilera, Jaime G. López-Taylor, Michel Machuca-Hernández, [...]
Laura A. Cervantes-Molina
, David Ramírez-Cedillo, Italo D. Masini-Aguilera, Jaime G. López-Taylor, Michel Machuca-Hernández, [...]
Introduction Primary cardiac tumors are uncommon. They have an incidence between 0.0017% and 0.28% corresponding to 17 and 2,800 of primary heart tumors per 1 million autopsies. Cardiac Myxoma (CM) is a benign neoplasm and represents the most common one among primary cardiac tumors in adults. CMs have an annual incidence of 0.5–0.7 of surgically resected cases per one million; with the majority of cases showing sporadic appearance and less than 10%, a family inheritance pattern. […]
Keywords: Atrial Myxoma; Carney Complex/complications; Genetic Loci; PRKAR1A