Tumors of the right atrium and the inferior vena cava operated in deep hypothermic circulatory arrest.

<b>Introduction:</b> Tumors which most frequently metastasize to the heart include: malignant melanoma, lung cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, kidney cancer, leukemia, lymphomas and esophageal cancer. <br><b>Purpose:</b> The purpose of this paper was clinical analysis of a group of patients operated in deep hypothermic circulatory arrest due to tumors of the right atrium and the inferior vena cava. <br><b>Material and method:</b> The study covered 7 patients operated at the Cardiac Surgery Clinic with a cardiac tumor diagnosed on the basis of an echocardiographic assessment in the years 2012-2019.