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What are two types of malignant cardiac tumors?
Sarcoma
Lymphoma
What are two types of cardiac benign tumors
Myxoma
Fibroelastoma
What are the most common cause for metastatic cardiac tumors?
Lung
Breast
GI
Melanoma
Which metastatic disease is least common but most likely to metastasize to heart?
Melanoma
Where does myxoma usually occurs?
Fossa Ovalis
What is myxoma often confused with?
Thrombus
Which valves do papillary fibroelastoma arise from
MV & AoV
Regurge is rare with which type of cardiac mass?
Papillary Fibroelastoma
What is the most common benign congenital cardiac cardiac tumor?
Rhabdomyomas
In which chamber is angiosarcoma commonly found?
RA
Which cancers are most common non cardiac tumors?
Breast
Lung
Metastatic disease involves what portion of the heart?
Pericardium
A PW velocity flow in LAA <___cm/s mean an increased risk for thrombus?
20
What fraction of strokes have a cardiac source?
1/4th
A PFO greater than _____ is considered as the cause of embolus?
2mm
Name 3 normal variants seen on TEE that are not the source of an embolus
Aortic Artheroma
Valve excrescences
PFO
