Cardiac Tumor Pathology

From the reviews:“The sole focus of this book is on cardiac tumors and their history, epidemiology, demographics, clinical diagnosis, imaging, and pathology. … The book is directed at all researchers and physicians involved in the field of cardiac oncology including clinicians, surgeons, radiologists, and pathologists … . This is a good overview of the types of cardiac tumors, with numerous images including gross findings, histology, and radiographic images.” (Natalie Webster, Doody’s Book Reviews, May, 2013)

• Introduction: Cardiac tumors in the era of cardiovascular surgery and imaging.- Cardiac tumors: classification and epidemiology.- Cardiac myxoma.- Other benign cardiac tumors.- Cardiac tumors in the paediatric age.- Primary malignant cardiac tumors.- Cardiac metastases.- Echocardiographic diagnosis.- New cardiac imaging techniques: magnetic resonance and computed tomography.- Cardiac surgery.- Chemotherapy and cardiotoxicity.