Symptoms
Most patients do not exhibit symptoms; cardiac tumors are sometimes not found until patients have an echocardiogram for a different reason. Cardiac tumors may be found with a chest X-ray if the tumor has calcified and hardened. Because there are so many different types of cardiac tumors, symptoms can vary widely and are dependent upon tumor location and size. Patients who show the most symptoms are usually patients with cardiac myxoma.
Symptoms of Myxomas and other benign primary tumors:
Shortness of breath
Lightheadedness
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Heart murmurs
Cough
Chest Pain
Rapid Heart Rate
Raynaud's phenomenon (blue fingers)
Involuntary weight loss
Joint pain
Swelling of the legs, ankles or abdomen
Symptoms of malignant primary cardiac tumors:
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Sudden heart failure
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Arrhythmia
Symptoms of secondary cardiac tumors:
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A blockage
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Sudden enlargement or change in the shape of the heart
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Irregular heart rhythms
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