The work analyses the anatomomorphological characteristics of primary
tumors of the heart in 106 patients; in 101 patients the tumor was ben
ing (myxoma, neurinoma, rhabdomyoma) and in 5 malignant (angiosarcoma,
liposarcoma). Surgical treatment was conducted in 99 patients; hospit
al lethality was 7.1 %. Six patients who refused an operation died at
other therapeutic institutions, one patient died on admission to the c
linic from occlusion of the left atrioventricular orifice by the tumor
. It is pointed out that the diversity and the various degree of the c
linical manifestations of the disease are predetermined by the localiz
ation and morphological characteristics of the new growths, their size
, and mobility. The authors emphasize that knowledge of the anatomomor
phological features of primary tumors of the heart and their early dia
gnosis are conducive to a differential approach in each concrete situa
tion and to the choice of the optimal volume of an urgent surgical int
ervention.