What is the impact of cardiac tumors on embolization risk?
A 2009 study by Elbardissi et al. examined the embolic potential of cardiac tumors and the outcome after resection in a case-control study. They found that the presence of cardiac tumors was associated with an increased risk of embolization. Grinda et al. (2014) also reported that cardiac valve papillary fibroelastoma (PFE) was associated with a high risk of embolization, and recommended surgical resection. Gowda et al. (2017) additionally found that PFE was associated with a higher risk of embolization than other cardiac tumors. Thus, the presence of cardiac tumors does appear to be associated with an increased risk of embolization.  