Adult and Pediatric Cardiac
Cardiac Tumors
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Historical Background
The first description of a cardiac tumor as an anatomic finding was by Realdo Columbus in Padua, Italy, in 1559.[1] In 1931, Yates established a classification system similar to what is in use today in a report on 9 cases of primary tumors from pathologic examination.[2] The first antemortem diagnosis of a cardiac tumor was made by Barnes in 1934.[3] Using electrocardiography and biopsy of a metastatic lymph node, he was able to establish the diagnosis of a cardiac sarcoma.
The first surgical treatment of a cardiac neoplasm was performed by Beck in 1936, with successful removal of a teratoma on the external surface of the right ventricle.[4] Bahnson is credited with the first removal of a right atrial myxoma performed with inflow occlusion; however, the patient died (postoperative) on day 24.[5] The advent of cardiopulmonary bypass by John Gibbon in 1953 and the addition of cardiac echocardiography greatly augmented the treatment for cardiac tumors. Resections of left-sided intracardiac tumors were first described by Craaford in Sweden in 1954.[6] By 1964, removal of 60 intracardiac neoplasms had been reported.
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Historical Background
The first description of a cardiac tumor as an anatomic finding was by Realdo Columbus in Padua, Italy, in 1559.[1] In 1931, Yates established a classification system similar to what is in use today in a report on 9 cases of primary tumors from pathologic examination.[2] The first antemortem diagnosis of a cardiac tumor was made by Barnes in 1934.[3] Using electrocardiography and biopsy of a metastatic lymph node, he was able to establish the diagnosis of a cardiac sarcoma.
The first surgical treatment of a cardiac neoplasm was performed by Beck in 1936, with successful removal of a teratoma on the external surface of the right ventricle.[4] Bahnson is credited with the first removal of a right atrial myxoma performed with inflow occlusion; however, the patient died (postoperative) on day 24.[5] The advent of cardiopulmonary bypass by John Gibbon in 1953 and the addition of cardiac echocardiography greatly augmented the treatment for cardiac tumors. Resections of left-sided intracardiac tumors were first described by Craaford in Sweden in 1954.[6] By 1964, removal of 60 intracardiac neoplasms had been reported.
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