Key result
Surgical resection of atrial hemangioma achieved a 98.5% cure rate among 65 operated cases, with significant symptom improvement and low recurrence.
Why the study?
Cardiac hemangiomas constitute only 1-2% of primary cardiac tumors, and increasing detection of asymptomatic cases prompted a review to provide recommendations for diagnosis and treatment.
Systematic Review (n=67)
Atrial hemangioma is a rare benign cardiac tumor that can be effectively and safely treated with surgical resection, yielding excellent long-term outcomes.
Supports surgical resection for this rare tumor; leaves open need for prospective validation beyond case-level data.
A primary cardiac tumor is a rare clinical entity which was reported an incidence of 0.03% in previous autopsy series. 75% cardiac tumors are cardiac myxoma and cardiac hemangiomas constitute only 1-2% of primary cardiac tumors. With the development of modern medical imaging technology and the enhancement of people's health awareness, more and more asymptomatic cardiac hemangiomas were found and confirmed eventually. Here, we described a case of a 71-year-old man, who was hospitalized with intermittent palpitation for 1 year and a large mass of the heart was removed successfully via sternotomy which was confirmed as atrial hemangioma by postoperative histopathology. Furthermore, a comprehensive review of atrial hemangioma was conducted to date and a few recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of this uncommon disorder were provided for clinicians.
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Miao et al. (2019) conducted a systematic review in Atrial hemangioma (n=67). Surgical resection was evaluated on Cure rate. Surgical resection of atrial hemangioma achieved a 98.5% cure rate among 65 operated cases, with significant symptom improvement and low recurrence.
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