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INTRODUCTION: Cardiac myxoma is the commune cardiac tumors. Their clinical status depends in the anatomic type. The aim of this study is to evaluate our results and to compare them for literature. PATIENTS AND METHODS: From January 1990 to June 2004, 20 patients (8 males and 12 females) with mean age of 49 years underwent surgical treatment of cardiac myxoma. The tumors were in left atrium in 14 cases, in right atrium in 4 cases and biatrial in 2 cases. Surgical treatment consisted in complete resection of the tumor in all cases associated with partial atrial septal resection in 9 cases. RESULTS: There is not death in the postoperative outcome. The mean follow up is 50 months. The late mortality rate was 10%. All patients are asymptomatic and the echocardiography control showed no tumor recurrence. CONCLUSION: Cardiac myxoma is the communist primary tumor of the heart. Diagnosis is based upon echocardiography. Surgical management has well out come with low morbidity and mortality. Late results are satisfactory but regular screening is recommended although risk of recurrence is low.
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Heart Neoplasms/surgery , Myxoma/surgery , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Heart Atria , Heart Neoplasms/diagnosis , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Myxoma/diagnosis , Retrospective StudiesABSTRACT
Infection in the vascular tree has been proved to be one of the greatest challenges for cardiovascular surgeons. Mycotic aneurysm of the ascending aorta is unusual, life threatening pathologic entity and develops mainly after open heart procedure. We report two cases of mycotic aneurysm of the ascending aorta occurring after prosthetic replacement of the aortic valve.
