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Diagnosis of Primary Cardiac Malignancies: Echocardiography

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Cardiac malignancies are often detected at transthoracic echocardiography, either done for the presence of symptoms or during a routine screening [1–5]. Echocardiography for its spatial and temporal resolution can define precise anatomic details and pathology: location, morphologic appearance (size, shape), mobility, and relation to adjacent cardiac structures so that the embolic potential and hemodynamic consequences of the tumors are well determined [6, 7].

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    Paolo Pino

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    Chiara Lestuzzi

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  3. Medical Oncology Unit, Ospedale San Vincenzo, Taormina, Italy

    Francesco Ferraù

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Pino, P., Lestuzzi, C. (2017). Diagnosis of Primary Cardiac Malignancies: Echocardiography. In: Lestuzzi, C., Oliva, S., Ferraù, F. (eds) Manual of Cardio-oncology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40236-9_21

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