TY - JOUR
T1 - Cardiac tumors in infants and children
T2 - Study of 120 operated patients
AU - Bielefeld, Kyle J.
AU - Moller, James H.
PY - 2013/1/1
Y1 - 2013/1/1
N2 - Cardiac tumors in children are rare, and patient series are limited in size. We report 120 children who underwent surgery to treat a cardiac tumor; the tumor type was known in 108 instances. The patients represented <0.1 % of 130,000 cardiac surgeries performed in children from a multi-institutional data base. The most common tumors and the number of patients were rhabdomyoma (n = 42), myxoma (n = 28), and fibromas (n = 10). The remaining 18 tumors of various types occurred in smaller numbers of patients. Nine patients (7 %) died after surgery. The mean age of death was 14 days, and death was most frequent in patients with fibromas (n = 4). Considering the variety of tumors, their varied location in cardiac structures, the patient ages, and the infrequent occurrence in an individual surgeon's experience, the operative mortality was low.
AB - Cardiac tumors in children are rare, and patient series are limited in size. We report 120 children who underwent surgery to treat a cardiac tumor; the tumor type was known in 108 instances. The patients represented <0.1 % of 130,000 cardiac surgeries performed in children from a multi-institutional data base. The most common tumors and the number of patients were rhabdomyoma (n = 42), myxoma (n = 28), and fibromas (n = 10). The remaining 18 tumors of various types occurred in smaller numbers of patients. Nine patients (7 %) died after surgery. The mean age of death was 14 days, and death was most frequent in patients with fibromas (n = 4). Considering the variety of tumors, their varied location in cardiac structures, the patient ages, and the infrequent occurrence in an individual surgeon's experience, the operative mortality was low.
KW - Cardiac surgery
KW - Cardiac tumors
KW - Pediatric cardiology
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U2 - 10.1007/s00246-012-0399-0
DO - 10.1007/s00246-012-0399-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 22735896
AN - SCOPUS:84872606819
SN - 0172-0643
VL - 34
SP - 125
EP - 128
JO - Pediatric Cardiology
JF - Pediatric Cardiology
IS - 1
ER -