Table 2 Intraoperative characteristics of the study patients
From: Primary cardiac tumors: a spectrum of pathologies and scenarios
Variables | n = 82 | |
|---|---|---|
Priority of surgery | Elective | 3 (3.66) |
Urgent | 7 (8.54) | |
Emergency | 71 (86.58) | |
Salvage | 1 (1.2) | |
Site of the tumor | Left atrium | 68 (82.92) |
Right atrium | 11 (13.41) | |
Biatrial | 2 (2.44) | |
Right ventricular outflow tract | 1 (1.22) | |
Inferior vena cava | 2 (2.44) | |
Surgical approach | Biatriotomy | 34 (41.46) |
Left atriotomy | 20 (24.39) | |
Right atriotomy | 26 (31.71) | |
Right ventriculotomy | 1 (1.22) | |
Aortotomy | 1 (1.22) | |
Complexity of procedure | Isolated | 76 (92.69) |
Two procedures | 5 (6.09) | |
Three procedures | 1 (1.22) | |
Type of surgery | Tumor excision | 76 (92.69) |
Excision and MVR | 5 (6.09) | |
Excision, single vessel CABG, MVR, TVR | 1 (1.22) | |