Population
124 patients with primary cardiac tumors seen at the University of Minnesota or entered in the Registry of…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
up to 15 years
Authors
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May support resection for benign cardiac tumors; leaves open effective therapies for sarcomas.
Primary cardiac tumors are predominantly benign (mostly atrial myxomas) with excellent post-resection prognosis, whereas malignant tumors (sarcomas) carry a dismal prognosis despite treatment.
Molina et al. (1990) studied this question.
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