PMID- 21766509
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110913
LR  - 20110718
IS  - 1107-0625 (Print)
IS  - 1107-0625 (Linking)
VI  - 16
IP  - 2
DP  - 2011 Apr-Jun
TI  - Primary cardiac myxomas: report of 28 cases and review the literature.
PG  - 345-8
AB  - PURPOSE: Although primary cardiac tumors are rare, cardiac myxoma is the most 
      common seen intracardiac tumor. This study summarizes our surgical experience 
      with cardiac myxomas. METHODS: Twenty-eight cases of cardiac myxoma that were 
      surgically treated in our center between January 1990 and March 2010 were 
      retrospectively reviewed. In all patients the New York Heart Association (NYHA) 
      functional classification was used to assess the functional status, and 
      C-reactive protein (CRP) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) levels were 
      measured before and after surgery. RESULTS: Nineteen patients were female and 9 
      male. The mean age was 53.3 +/- 12.7 years (range 4-73). The most common symptom 
      was dyspnea (86%). Two patients presented with peripheral embolism. In 
      preoperative assessment of functional status, 24 of the patients were in NYHA 
      Class II, 2 of them were in Class I and the other 2 patients were in Class III. 
      All patients were in NYHA class I in the early postoperative period up to 
      long-term follow up. The mean preoperative CRP and ESR levels were 47.3 +/- 14.6 
      mg/l (range 30-79) and 52.8 +/- 21.4 mm/h (range 28-82), respectively. One month 
      after surgery, CRP and ESR levels returned back to normal values. Postoperative 
      CRP and ESR levels were 8.4 +/- 2.6 mg/l (range 1-12) and 7.9 +/- 4.8 mm/h (range 
      3-18), respectively. CONCLUSION: Myxomas should be considered in all patients 
      with embolism. After surgical resection of cardiac myxomas, the functional status 
      of patients improve and CRP and ESR levels become normal.
FAU - Durgut, K
AU  - Durgut K
AD  - Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Selcuk University, Meran Medical School, 
      Konya.
FAU - Onoglu, R
AU  - Onoglu R
FAU - Gormus, N
AU  - Gormus N
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Cyprus
TA  - J BUON
JT  - Journal of B.U.ON. : official journal of the Balkan Union of Oncology
JID - 100883428
RN  - 9007-41-4 (C-Reactive Protein)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Blood Sedimentation
MH  - C-Reactive Protein/metabolism
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Female
MH  - Follow-Up Studies
MH  - Heart Neoplasms/metabolism/pathology/*surgery
MH  - Heart Septal Defects, Atrial/diagnosis
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Myxoma/metabolism/pathology/*surgery
MH  - Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/metabolism/pathology/*surgery
MH  - Neoplasm, Residual/diagnosis
MH  - Prognosis
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - Review Literature as Topic
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2011/07/19 06:00
MHDA- 2011/09/14 06:00
CRDT- 2011/07/19 06:00
PHST- 2011/07/19 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/07/19 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/09/14 06:00 [medline]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J BUON. 2011 Apr-Jun;16(2):345-8.