Why the study?
What are the surgical outcomes and survival rates for patients undergoing surgery for benign and malignant cardiac tumors?
Population
39 patients with cardiac tumors operated upon over an 18-year period at a single center in Chandigarh, India.
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
3 months to 10 years (mean 5.7 years)
Authors
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May support resection for benign cardiac tumors; leaves open optimal strategies for malignant cases pending larger studies.
What are the surgical outcomes and survival rates for patients undergoing surgery for benign and malignant cardiac tumors?
Surgical resection of benign cardiac tumors (mostly myxomas) yields excellent long-term results with low recurrence, whereas primary malignant cardiac tumors have a poor prognosis with high early mortality.
Suri et al. (1996) studied this question.