Surgical treatment of primary cardiac tumours in children resulted in the survival of two out of six operated patients.
The study emphasizes the need to investigate and surgically treat primary cardiac tumours in childhood.
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Eight children with cardiac tumours are described. Six were diagnosed as space-occupying lesions after they had been investigated without incident; all six were operated upon and two survived. The need to investigate and treat these tumours surgically is emphasized.
Simcha et al. (Sun,) reported a other. Surgical treatment of primary cardiac tumours in children resulted in the survival of two out of six operated patients.