The experience of surgical treatment of cardiac tumors

Abstract

The article analyzes diagnostics, surgical treatment and remote results of treatment of 28 patients with cardiac tumors. The most frequently observed cardiac tumor was myxoma of left atrium. (89,3 %). The frequency of cardiac tumors in our investigation was 0,5 % from the total number of cardiac surgeries. Most frequently clinical manifestations were associated with mitral valve obstruction. Echocardioscopy and. transesophageal echocardiography that allow to determine localization, attachment spot, size and character of the tumor in 99-100 % of cases are the basic diagnostic techniques. Cardiac tumor requires urgency of intervention, especially for patients with high risk of embolization at the occurrence of large mobile myxomes with uneven contours and at expressed clinical symptomatology. The most probable causes of death are valve occlusion and. emboly. Removal of cardiac tumors in the early periods after confirmation of diagnosis is an effective operation with good results in the early and remote postoperative periods.

Keywords

• cardiac tumor
• heart myxoma
• clinical manifestations
• diagnostics methods
• surgical technique