title: Single-institutional 22 years experience on cardiac myxomas.
abstract: Myxomas are the most common benign tumors of the heart. This study presents single-institutional 22 years experience on cardiac myxomas. The records of 9756 consecutive cases of open heart surgery between 1985 and 2007 revealed 0.23% myxoma. Age ranged between 12 and 77 years and male to female ratio was 7:17. Myxomas originated from the left atrium (15 patients), mitral valve (3 patients), right atrium (2 patients), right atrium and right ventricle (2 patients), right ventricle (1 patient), and left ventricle (1 patient). Three patients were operated for multiple myxomas. Myxomas were resected through right atriotomy, right atriotomy and pulmonary arteriotomy, left atriotomy, biatrial approach, or left ventriculotomy depending on the tumor location. Mean follow-up time was 11.5 years. Mortality occurred in 6 patients (1 early, 5 late deaths). No myxoma recurrence was detected. Myxomas should be resected leaving no remnant mass, without delay when they are diagnosed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul University Cardiology Institute, Haseki, Istanbul, Turkey. gurkan@istanbul.edu.tr
authors.forename: Gurkan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cetin
authors.forename: Mete
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gursoy
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ugurlucan
authors.forename: Isil
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Uzunhasan
authors.forename: Ali Can
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Hatemi
authors.forename: Emin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tireli
authors.forename: Serdar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kucukoglu
authors.forename: Erhan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kansiz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate; D014421:Turkey; D055815:Young Adult