Outcomes of Patients with Newly Diagnosed Cardiac Myxoma: A Retrospective Multicentric Study

Table 2

Presenting and other characteristics of cardiac myxoma.

Presenting characteristics	Number of patients or value
Presenting sign or symptom
Dyspnoea	17
Chest pain	3
Pain and paraesthesia of limbs	2
Palpitation	1
Peripheral embolism
(a) Cerebral stroke	5
(b) Acute arterial occlusion	2
(c) Acute myocardial infarction	1
Atrial fibrillation	2
Syncope	1
Heart failure	1
Nonspecific symptom
(a) Weight loss	1
(b) Fever	1
None	4
Rhythm
(i) Sinus rhythm	33
(ii) Atrial fibrillation	8
Functional classification according to the New York Heart Association (NYHA)
(i) I	6
(ii) II	25
(iii) III	8
(iv) IV	2
Risk factors
(i) Diabetes mellitus	18
(ii) Arterial hypertension	35
(iii) Chronic obstructive disease of lungs	5
(iv) Smoking	9
Cerebral stroke history	8
Coronary artery disease	15
(i) Single-vessel disease	3
(ii) Double-vessel disease	5
(iii) Triple-vessel disease	7