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May 27, 1983JAMA

Treatment of Intra-atrial Cardiac Tumors

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Population

20 patients presenting for surgery for intra-atrial cardiac tumors between Jan 1, 1967, and Jan 1, 1982.

Design

Case_series

Follow-up

mean 61 months (range 1-134 months)

Authors

DCDavid C. ClevelandChildren's Hospital of Los Angeles

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Implication

Supports resection for intra-atrial tumors with sustained NYHA I; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.

Structured PICO

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Population
20 patients presenting for surgery for intra-atrial cardiac tumors (16 myxomas, 4 other lesions) between Jan 1, 1967, and Jan 1, 1982.
I
Intervention
Surgical resection
O
Outcome
Survival and NYHA functional class at follow-uphard clinical

Surgical resection of intra-atrial tumors yields excellent long-term survival and functional outcomes, with all survivors remaining in NYHA class I.

Cite This Study

David C. Cleveland (1983) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a759804dcfefe9676dd8241https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1983.03330440037028
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