Sugar Land - Visiting Nurse Assn . Cardiac sarcoma is a type of tumor that occurs in the heart.
Cardiac sarcomas are malignant, or cancerous.
Tumors are considered to be either primary tumors or secondary tumors. A primary tumor is the original site of tumor growth. A secondary tumor originates from another tumor elsewhere in the body. Primary tumors of the heart are present in 0.001 to 0.28 percent of autopsies in the general population. Cardiac sarcoma is a primary malignant tumor.