Operating Cardiac Myxomas: A Seven Year Experience In Eastern India

Primary cardiac tumors are quite uncommon and myxomas constitute the major proportion among these masses. A retrospective study was done at a high volume cardiac centre of eastern india over a period of seven years and details of all patients operated with cardiac myxomas were analysed. A total of 56 cases of cardiac myxomas were operated among the total 1761 cases. The study of distribution in terms of age, sex, site, presentation etc was done. Rare presentations were noted. Overall, myxoma surgeries constitute a very small percentage of total cardiac surgeries at a high volume centre. A complete surgical excision prolongs symptom free survival and is associated with a low recurrence rate and mortality