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Ann Thorac Surg 1991;52:1127-1131
© 1991 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Primary cardiac valve tumors

Fred H. Edwards, MD*,a,b,c, Douglas Hale, MDa,b,c, Amram Cohen, MDa,b,c, Lenardo Thompson, MDa,b,c, A.Thomas Pezzella, MDa,b,c, Renu Virmani, MDa,b,c

a Department of Surgery, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC USA
b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland USA
c Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC USA

Accepted for publication June 7, 1991.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Edwards, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307-5001.

To investigate the characteristics of primary cardiac valve tumors, we retrospectively analyzed our multiinstitutional experience from 1932 through 1990. We encountered 56 valvular tumors in 53 patients. The average age of these patients was 52 years (range, 2 to 88 years) and 79% ( [equation]) were male. Symptoms were present in 38% ( [equation]) and were neurological in 15% ( [equation]). Four patients experienced sudden death. Each of the four valves was affected with approximately equal frequency: 16 aortic, 15 mitral, 13 pulmonary, and 12 tricuspid. All but four tumors were benign. The most common histological type was papillary fibroelastoma (41), followed by myxomas (5), fibromas (4), sarcomas (2), hamartoma (1), hemangioma (1), histiocytoma (1), and undifferentiated (1). Average tumor size was 1.15 cm (range, 3 mm to 7 cm), and the average size of fibroelastomas was 8 mm (range, 3 to 15 mm). Mitral valve tumors were more likely than aortic valve tumors to produce serious neurological symptoms or sudden death ( [equation] versus [equation]; p < 0.05). Six patients underwent echocardiography, and results were positive in each. All 6 underwent uncomplicated valve repair or replacement. Compared with a series of 407 nonvalvular tumors, cardiac valve tumors are more likely to occur in male patients (p < 0.001) and adults (p < 0.001). Valve tumors are also more commonly benign (p < 0.001) and asymptomatic (p < 0.001). These tumors demonstrate somewhat less aggressive behavior compared with nonvalvular tumors, but their distinct propensity to produce serious clinical sequelae argues in favor of surgical resection for all cardiac valve tumors.




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