Diseases

Heart Neoplasms

Tumors in any part of the heart. They include primary cardiac tumors and metastatic tumors to the heart. Their interference with normal cardiac functions can cause a wide variety of symptoms including HEART FAILURE; CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS; or EMBOLISM.

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Abstract

Tumors in any part of the heart. They include primary cardiac tumors and metastatic tumors to the heart. Their interference with normal cardiac functions can cause a wide variety of symptoms including HEART FAILURE; CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS; or EMBOLISM.

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Synonyms

33 entry terms
  • Cardiac Neoplasms
  • Cardiac Tumor
  • Cardiac Tumors
  • Neoplasms, Cardiac
  • Neoplasms, Heart
  • Cardiac Neoplasm
  • Heart Neoplasm
  • Neoplasm, Cardiac
  • Neoplasm, Heart
  • Tumor, Cardiac
  • Tumors, Cardiac
  • Cardiac Cancer
  • Cardiac Carcinoma
  • Heart Cancer
  • Heart Tumor
  • Intracavitary Tumors of the Heart
  • Myocardial Tumors (Rhabdomyomas and Fibromas)
  • Primary Cardiac Tumors, Childhood
  • Cancer, Cardiac
  • Cancer, Heart
  • Cancers, Cardiac
  • Cancers, Heart
  • Carcinoma, Cardiac
  • Carcinomas, Cardiac
  • Cardiac Cancers
  • Cardiac Carcinomas
  • Heart Cancers
  • Heart Tumors
  • Myocardial Tumor (Rhabdomyomas and Fibromas)
  • Tumor, Heart
  • Tumor, Myocardial (Rhabdomyomas and Fibromas)
  • Tumors, Heart
  • Tumors, Myocardial (Rhabdomyomas and Fibromas)

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39 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

coordinate IM with specific site in heart (NIM) + histological type of neoplasm (IM)

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Tree Numbers

  1. C04w.588.894.309
  2. C14w.280w.459

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NLM Classification

WG 226

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Heart Neoplasms. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006338. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006338
  2. Heart Neoplasms. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10385444