| Literature DB >> 23406162 |
Joshua M Judge1, John D Tillou, Craig L Slingluff, John A Kern, Irving L Kron, Geoffrey R Weiss.
Abstract
Melanoma has a high propensity for cardiac seeding, with heart involvement noted in a significant number of patients at autopsy. Therapeutic options are currently limited, and the prognosis of cardiac metastasis is poor. We report two cases of cardiac metastasis of melanoma and review the current literature. In addition, we propose an algorithm for dealing with this difficult problem.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23406162 PMCID: PMC4491444 DOI: 10.1111/jocs.12054
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Card Surg ISSN: 0886-0440 Impact factor: 1.620