Aim: To analyze age and sex distribution of the cardiac tumors, the most common clinical symptoms, POSTER SESIJA 70 MATERIA MEDICA • Vol. 34 • Issue 1, suplement 1 • april 2018. pathohistological types, tumor localization and compare the echocardiographic with the pathohistological size of the tumor. Introduction: The incidence of primary cardiac tumors are very rare and amounts to about 0.02%. Incidence of secondary cardiac tumors are significantly higher. Primary malignant cardiac tumors are very rare and represent to the rarest tumors in the human organism. Materials and Methods: The study covered 49 patients who were operated in the period from 2008 to 2017. Patients data are obtained from the history of the disease, the information system and pathohistological findings. Results: The average age of the patients is 53.9 years. The most common symptoms were light fatigue, heart palpitations, vertigo, dizziness, dyspnea, exhaustion, cough and stenocardia. The most commonly diagnosed are myxomas (67.3%), papillary fibroelastomas 28.6%, cavernous hemangiomas 4.1%, and metastatic tumors 2.04%. The most common tumor localization is in the left atrium 63.3%, aortic cusps 16.3%, right atrium 8.2%, mitral valve 8.2%, left ventricle 2.04% and interventricular septum 2.04%. The difference in mean echocardiographic tumor size and tumor size after surgical extirpation was not statistically significant (p = 0.706). Conclusion: Although, cardiac tumors are rare, they have a large clinical importance, primarily because of the potential for severe complications such as embolization of the arteries of the brain with the development of cerebral infarction and even the appearance of sudden death. However, timely diagnosis and surgical removal of tumors lead to patient curing in most cases.

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