Abstract:Timely diagnostics of tumorous and pseudotumorous lesions of cardiac valves is very difficult but possible based on short history, positional dependence of symptoms, embolic events without rhythm disturbances. Additional instrumental methods including TTE, TEE, CT and MRI are necessary to define diagnosis. Intraoperative diagnostics and immediate histological survey are useful to determine volume of surgery in each case. Successful surgical treatment implies urgency, hypothermic perfusion and pharmaco-cold car… Show more
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