Incidence of cardiac metastases and their location by type of primary neoplasm
| Neoplasm type | n | Cardiac metastasis, n (%) | Prevalence/all neoplasms (%) | Prevalence/metastatic neoplosms (%) | % of all cardiac metastasis | Epicardial metastasis (%) | Myocardial metastasis (%) | Endocardial metastasis (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adenocarcinoma of pancreas | 359 | 23 (6.4) | 7.9 | 3.5 | 47.6 | 17.6 | 41.2 | 5.8 |
| Adenocarcinoma of the lung | 460 | 97 (21.0) | 26.1 | 14.6 | 82.2 | 34.3 | 24.6 | 0 |
| Breast carcinoma | 427 | 66 (15.5) | 20.6 | 10.0 | 79.6 | 30.6 | 16.3 | 6.2 |
| Bronchoalveolar carcinoma | 61 | 6 (9.8) | 17.4 | 0.9 | 75.0 | 50.0 | 25.0 | 0 |
| Colon carcinoma | 1066 | 13 (1.2) | 1.9 | 2.0 | 60.0 | 40.0 | 40.0 | 0 |
| Hepatocellular carcinoma | 574 | 7 (1.2) | 2.4 | 1.0 | 40.0 | 40.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 |
| Leukaemia/lymphoma | 711 | 67 (9.4) | 17.3 | 10.1 | 38.0 | 44.0 | 64.0 | 8.0 |
| Melanoma | 79 | 22 (27.8) | 34.1 | 3.3 | 62.5 | 43.7 | 68.7 | 12.5 |
| Mesothelioma | 128 | 62 (48.4) | 54.2 | 9.4 | 89.2 | 28.3 | 28.3 | 4.3 |
| Oral cavity carcinoma | 75 | 4 (5.3) | 8.6 | 0.6 | 33.3 | 0 | 33.3 | 33.3 |
| Ovary carcinoma | 106 | 10 (10.3) | 11.6 | 1.5 | 87.5 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Poorly differentiated lung carcinoma | 420 | 82 (19.5) | 21.2 | 12.4 | 67.2 | 37.7 | 31.1 | 1.6 |
| Prostate carcinoma | 779 | 8 (1.0) | 2.6 | 1.2 | 83.3 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Renal cell carcinoma | 287 | 21 (7.3) | 16.3 | 3.2 | 53.3 | 20.0 | 33.3 | 26.7 |
| Squamous cell lung carcinoma | 428 | 78 (18.2) | 23.4 | 11.8 | 72.4 | 41.4 | 29.3 | 1.7 |
| Stomach carcinoma | 360 | 29 (8.0) | 9.8 | 4.4 | 91.5 | 19.5 | 19.0 | 4.7 |
| Urothelial carcinoma | 307 | 12 (3.9) | 6.4 | 1.8 | 44.4 | 44.4 | 44.4 | 0 |
| Others | 662 | 55 | 8.3 | |||||
| Total | 7289 | 662 (9.1) | 14.2 | 100 | 69.4 | 34.2 | 31.8 | 5.0 |