Outcomes After Surgical Resection of Primary Non-Myxoma Cardiac Tumors

Objective: Primary cardiac tumors are rare lesions with different histological type. We reviewed our 17 years of experience in the surgical treatment and clinical results of primary non-myxoma cardiac tumors.Methods: Between July 2000 and February 2017, 21 patients with primary cardiac tumor were surgically treated in our institution. The tumors were categorized as benign non-myxomas and malignants. Data including the demographic characteristics, details of the tumor histology and grading, cardiac medical and surgical history, surgical procedure of the patients were obtained from the hospital database.Results: Elev ...
Source: Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery - Category: Cardiology Source Type: research