Key result
Pediatric cardiac myxoma resection achieves complete removal with no mortality or recurrence over 5 years.
Why the study?
Pediatric cardiac tumors are very rare, and characteristics and outcomes of pediatric patients with myxoma require analysis.
What are the characteristics and outcomes of surgical resection of myxoma in pediatric patients?
Observational (n=9)
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What are the characteristics and outcomes of surgical resection of myxoma in pediatric patients?
Surgical resection of cardiac myxoma in pediatric patients is safe and effective, resulting in good early and long-term outcomes with no mortality or recurrence.
Supports resection in reported pediatric myxoma cases; leaves open generalizability and guideline adoption pending larger studies.
Background: Pediatric cardiac tumor is a very rare entity with an autopsy frequency 0.0017-0.28%. This study aims to analyze the characteristics and outcome of pediatric patients with myxoma. Methods: Nine Patients with myxoma treated between January 2008 & December 2019 were included into this retrospective study. The patients’ age ranged from 4 years to 11 years and weight from 10-20 kg. All patients were diagnosed by transthoracic echocardiography. Results: We did complete resection of tumor in all patients under cardiopulmonary bypass. Mean cardiopulmonary bypass time was 55 minutes & mean cross clamp time was 34 means. Mean ICU stay was 3 days. Six (66.33%) tumors found in left atrium, while 2 (22.11%) found in right atrium and 1(11.06%) in right ventricle. Histopathological report of all 9 tumors revealed myxoma. 1 patient developed left sided hemiparesis and another 1 patient developed wound infection. No mortality or recurrence in follow up period. Conclusion: Myxoma is the commonest primary cardiac tumor. Surgery of cardiac tumor can result in good early and long-term outcome. Cardiovasc j 2023; 15(2): 132-135
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Islam et al. (2023) conducted an observational in Cardiac myxoma (n=9). Surgical resection was evaluated on Mortality and tumor recurrence. Surgical resection of cardiac myxoma in pediatric patients resulted in complete tumor removal with no mortality or recurrence over a mean follow-up of 5 years.
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