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Among 24 cases of primary cardiac mass lesions, 21 were atrial myxomas, of which 19 were successfully treated surgically with two non-cardiac mortalities.
Observational (n=24)
Surgical treatment of cardiac myxomas is highly successful with low cardiac-related mortality.
Surgical resection showed high success in this myxoma series; Level 5 data leave open need for prospective confirmation before practice change.
Over the last ten years we have come across 24 cases of cardiac mass lesions (tumors and cysts). twenty‐one were atrial myxomas, one fibrosarcoma of the right ventricle, one mesothelioma of the pericardium and one hydatid cyst of the epicardium. Of the 21 myxomas, 17 were in the left atrium and three in the right atrium. There was no case of bilateral myxoma or right ventricular myxoma. There was no female prepondrance in our series of myxomas as 11 were males and 10 were females, The myxomas were consistently identified by cine angiocardiography and echocar‐diography. Nineteen myxomas were successfully treated surgically with one early mortality and another late mortality. Both died of non‐cardiac complications.
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Rajani et al. (1988) conducted an observational in Primary cardiac mass lesions (n=24). Surgical treatment was evaluated on Surgical outcomes and mortality. Among 24 cases of primary cardiac mass lesions, 21 were atrial myxomas, of which 19 were successfully treated surgically with two non-cardiac mortalities.
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