Authors
Massimo A Padalino, Vladimiro L Vida, Giovanna Boccuzzo, Marco Tonello, George E Sarris, Hakan Berggren, Juan V Comas, Duccio Di Carlo, Roberto M Di Donato, Tjark Ebels, Viktor Hraska, Jeffrey P Jacobs, J William Gaynor, Dominique Metras, Rene Pretre, Marco Pozzi, Jean Rubay, Heikki Sairanen, Christian Schreiber, Bohdan Maruszewski, Cristina Basso, Giovanni Stellin
Publication date
2012/7/3
Journal
Circulation
Volume
126
Issue
1
Pages
22-30
Publisher
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Description
Background
To evaluate indications and results of surgery for primary cardiac tumors in children.
Methods and Results
Eighty-nine patients aged ≤18 years undergoing surgery for cardiac tumor between 1990 and 2005 from 16 centers were included retrospectively (M/F=41/48; median age 4.3 months, range 1 day to 18 years). Sixty-three patients (68.5%) presented with symptoms. Surgery consisted of complete resection in 62 (69.7%) patients, partial resection in 21 (23.6%), and cardiac transplant in 4 (4.5%). Most frequent histotypes (93.2%) were benign (rhabdomyoma, myxoma, teratoma, fibroma, and hemangioma). Postoperative complications occurred in 29.9%. Early and late mortality were 4.5% each (mean follow-up, 6.3±4.4 years); major adverse events occurred in 28.2% of the patients; 90.7% of patients are in New York Heart Association class I. There were no statistically significant differences in survival …
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MA Padalino, VL Vida, G Boccuzzo, M Tonello… - Circulation, 2012