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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Dheeraj Makkar, M.D.[2]

Overview

  • Realdo Colombo initially reported cardiac tumors in 1559, and Dr. Clarence Crafoord performed the first successful surgical resection of left atrial myxoma in 1954. New chemotherapy drugs and treatment have been developing after the discovery of cardiac tumors.

Historical Perspective

  • Cardiac Tumors were first described by Realdo Colombo in 1559.[1]
  • In 1936, Beck and Maurer were the first to resect right ventricular teratoma. They also resected a left ventricular lipoma in 1951.[2]
  • Dr. William Norris was the first to describe a "melanotic heart" with secondary metastases to the heart in 1820.[3]
  • In 1952, left atrial myxoma was successfully excised by Bahnson and Newman through a right atriotomy. Unfortunately, the patient succumbed to the procedure after 24 days.[4]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Chitwood WR (1992). "Clarence Crafoord and the first successful resection of a cardiac myxoma". Ann Thorac Surg. 54 (5): 997–8. doi:10.1016/0003-4975(92)90676-u. PMID 1417305.
  2. Beck CS (1942). "AN INTRAPERICARDIAL TERATOMA AND A TUMOR OF THE HEART: BOTH REMOVED OPERATIVELY". Ann Surg. 116 (2): 161–74. doi:10.1097/00000658-194208000-00001. PMC 1543811. PMID 17858078.
  3. Gibbs P, Cebon JS, Calafiore P, Robinson WA (1999). "Cardiac metastases from malignant melanoma". Cancer. 85 (1): 78–84. PMID 9921977.
  4. BAHNSON HT, NEWMAN EV (1953). "Diagnosis and surgical removal of intracavitary myxoma of the right atrium". Bull Johns Hopkins Hosp. 93 (3): 150–63. PMID 13094264.

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