What question did this study set out to answer?

The study aims to evaluate long-term survival and recurrence rates in patients who underwent surgical excision of atrial myxoma.

February 1, 2008Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Atrial myxoma: a 25-year single-institutional follow-up study

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Why the study?

Does surgical excision of atrial myxoma provide good long-term survival and low recurrence rates in patients with atrial myxoma?

Population

109 patients who underwent surgical excision of atrial myxoma between January 1980 and December 2005, mean…

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

Up to 25 years

Authors

ADAlessandro D’AlfonsoMarche Polytechnic University SCSalvatore CataniaIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie MPMichele Danilo PierriMarche Polytechnic University

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Implication

Supports durable outcomes after atrial myxoma excision; leaves open need for prospective validation in contemporary cohorts.

Key Points

The study aims to evaluate long-term survival and recurrence rates in patients who underwent surgical excision of atrial myxoma.
Reviewed data from 109 patients who had surgical excision between 1980 and 2005.
Mean age at surgery was 60 years, with a follow-up to analyze survival and recurrence rates using Kaplan-Meier analysis.
Data includes tumor location and comparison of age distributions across time periods.
93.6% of the tumors were located in the left atrium.
15-year survival rate was 91%, and 25-year survival rate was 72%.
Only 2 patients had recurrent myxomas, with a 25-year freedom from reoperation of 96%.

Structured PICO

Does surgical excision of atrial myxoma provide good long-term survival and low recurrence rates in patients with atrial myxoma?

Population

109 patients (61.5% female) who underwent surgical excision of atrial myxoma between January 1980 and December 2005, mean age 60 +/- 14 years.

Intervention

Surgical excision of atrial myxoma

Outcome

Overall survival and atrial myxoma recurrencehard clinical

Surgical excision of atrial myxoma is curative with low mortality and excellent long-term survival comparable to the general population.

Cite This Study

D’Alfonso et al. (2008) studied this question.

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Atrial myxoma: a 25-year single-institutional follow-up study

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