Cardiologist’s opinion about cardiac sarcomas: history of the issue, classification

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Cardiac sarcomas are rare primary malignant tumors of the heart. This pathology is predominantly observed in young working-age patients between the ages of 30 and 50 and is characterized by quick progression, aggressive growth, frequent metastasis prior to detection of the primary lesion in the heart, similar symptoms to other heart diseases including heart failure, arrythmia, etc. The article presents the history of cardio-oncology, epidemiologic data and classification of cardiac sarcomas.

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I. A. Arshinova

N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Ministry of Health of Russia

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Email: irina.arshinova@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4740-7126

Irina Aleksandrovna Arshinova

24 Kashirskoe Shosse, Moscow 115522

Russian Federation

D. D. Tsyrenov

N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Ministry of Health of Russia

ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1723-0780

24 Kashirskoe Shosse, Moscow 115522

Russian Federation

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