Twenty years experience in oncologic surgery for primary cardiac tumors

Dell'Amore, Andrea and Albertini, Alberto and Lamarra, Mauro (2013) Twenty years experience in oncologic surgery for primary cardiac tumors. Il giornale di chirurgia, 34 (4). pp. 106-111. ISSN 1971-145X

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Abstract

Introduction. Primary cardiac tumors are uncommon in cardiac surgery. To investigate the clinical presentation, surgical results and long-term follow-up we retrospectively analyzed our experience in the treatment of primary cardiac tumors. Patients and methods. Ninety-one patients with primary cardiac tumors underwent surgery in our department in the last 20 years. Fifthy-one patients were female, the mean age was 62,2 years. Sixty-three had myxomas, 22 had papillary fibroelastoma, 4 had malignant neoformations and 2 had other benign tumors. Results. All myxomas, fibroelastomas and angiomyolipoma were radically removed. Only a palliative treatment was possible in malignant disease. In-hospital mortality was 1.2%. The mean follow-up time was 78.5 months. Three patients had recurrence of myxoma, all patients with malignant disease dead during the follow-up. Discussion. Primary benign cardiac tumors can be treated with low morbidity and mortality. The follow-up demonstrates that radical surgery is curative in case of benign tumors. The prognosis of malignant tumors is still poor. Palliative procedures have small impact on survival in these patients.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Lung cancer, Advanced stage, Older patients,Extended resection
Subjects:	600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 617 Rami vari della medicina; Chirurgia
Depositing User:	Nadia Del Gobbo
Date Deposited:	27 Oct 2016 08:55
Last Modified:	27 Oct 2016 08:55
URI:	http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/8400

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