Abstract
1/2010
vol. 7
KARDIOCHIRURGIA DOROSŁYCH
Cardiac myxoma: 10 years’ experience in 29 patients operated on with crystalloid cardioplegia – short- and long-term results
Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2010; 7 (1): 23–26
Online publish date: 2010/03/31
Background: Cardiac myxoma is generally considered to be a surgical emergency. Cardiac myxomas were resected in 29 patients.
Material and methods: Patient data and data obtained during follow-up from the 10-year period 1999-2008 of the survivors were reviewed. The tumour was always removed within 24 hours of admission.
Results: Early survival was 100%. Long-term results were collected from a group of 27 patients and all of them were symptom-free. Most cases of cardiac myxoma observed over the last decade correspond to stable forms.
Conclusions: Myxoma is usually observed in the older and higher risk population, often at an early stage. Surgical excision of atrial myxoma gives excellent short-term and long-term results leading to an eventual cure of non-familial myxomas. However, familial myxomas retain a strong tendency to recur even 20 years after excision.
Material and methods: Patient data and data obtained during follow-up from the 10-year period 1999-2008 of the survivors were reviewed. The tumour was always removed within 24 hours of admission.
Results: Early survival was 100%. Long-term results were collected from a group of 27 patients and all of them were symptom-free. Most cases of cardiac myxoma observed over the last decade correspond to stable forms.
Conclusions: Myxoma is usually observed in the older and higher risk population, often at an early stage. Surgical excision of atrial myxoma gives excellent short-term and long-term results leading to an eventual cure of non-familial myxomas. However, familial myxomas retain a strong tendency to recur even 20 years after excision.
Keywords
myxoma, cardiac surgery, crystalloid cardioplegia
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