What is the long-term survival and what are the predictors of mortality following surgical resection of primary cardiac tumors?
Surgical resection of primary cardiac tumors yields excellent long-term survival, which is comparable to the general population for patients with cardiac myxomas.
Surgical resection of primary cardiac tumors is associated with excellent long-term survival; patients with cardiac myxomas have survival characteristics that are not significantly different from that of a general population. Predictors of mortality are primarily related to tumor histology but also include clinical characteristics such as symptomatology and duration of CPB.
ElBardissi et al. (2008) studied this question.