Multimodal Approach of Pulmonary Artery Intimal Sarcoma: A Single-Institution Experience

Table 1

Patient characteristics ().

Variables	Number of patients (%)
Gender
(i) Female	9 (75%)
(ii) Male	3 (25%)
Median age	64,5 (range: 32–84)
(i) Male	77 (range: 32–84)
(ii) Female	64 (range: 37–77)
Symptoms
(i) Dyspnea	10 (83.3%)
(ii) Chest pain	7 (58.3%)
(iii) Cough	2 (16.6%)
(iv) Hemoptysis	2 (16.6%)
(v) Fever	2 (16.6%)
(vi) Cardiovascular event	2 (16.6%)
Dyspnea WHO classification
(i) II	7 (58.3%)
(ii) III	2 (16.6%)
(iii) IV	3 (25%)
Pulmonary hypertension
(i) Mild (25–40 mmH)	0
(ii) Moderate (41–55 mmH)	4 (33.3%)
(iii) Severe (>56 mmH)	6 (50%)
Disease stage
(i) Local disease	9 (75%)
(ii) Metastatic disease	3 (25%)
Histology grading
(i) G1	0
(ii) G2	5 (41.6%)
(iii) G3	7 (58.3%)
Hospital stay (days)
(i) ≤7	0
(ii) >7<15	8 (72.7%)
(iii) ≥15	3 (27.2%)

Excluding the patient who died after PEA due to cardiovascular event.