Clinical characteristics, management, and outcomes of patients with primary cardiac angiosarcoma: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT: Primary cardiac angiosarcomas (PCA) are highly aggressive malignant heart tumors. Previous reports have shown a poor prognosis regardless of management, and no consensus or guidelines exist. It is necessary to clarify this information since patients with PCA have a short survival. Therefore, we aimed to systematically review clinical manifestations, management, and outcomes. We systematically searched in PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and EMBASE. We intended to include cross-sectional studies, case-control studies, cohort studies, and case series that reported clinical characteristics, management, and outcomes of patients with PCA. As a methodological approach, we used the Joanna Briggs Institute Critical Appraisal Checklist for Case Series and the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale for cohorts. We i

SUBMITTER: Chambergo-Michilot D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10278191 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature