Population
32 consecutive patients undergoing resection of a cardiac myxoma over a 20-year period, mean age 57 +/- 11…
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
mean 6.4 +/- 4.4 years
Authors
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Supports simple excision for sporadic myxomas; leaves open whether recurrence differs in familial or complex cases.
Simple excision of cardiac myxomas provides excellent long-term survival without recurrence, suggesting recurrence is primarily limited to familial or complex cases.
Meyns et al. (1993) studied this question.
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