Brain Embolism Secondary to Cardiac Myxoma in Fifteen Chinese Patients

Table 2

Features of different outcomes of patients with myxoma with brain embolism.

Characteristic	MRS 0–2 (𝑛=6)	MRS 3–6 (𝑛=9)	𝑃
Female/male	0/6	8/1	0.001
Age, y (mean ± SD)	55.44±14.20	57.83±10.54	0.748
Infection, 𝑛 (%)	1 (16.7%)	8 (88.9%)	0.011
Other severe complications*, 𝑛 (%)	1 (16.7%)	8 (88.9%)	0.011
Hemorrhagic transformation, 𝑛 (%)	1 (16.7%)	5 (55.6%)	0.287
Accompanying disease, 𝑛 (%)	3 (50%)	7 (77.8%)	0.329
Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg (mean ± SD)	135±9.61	116.89±13.71	0.032
Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg (mean ± SD)	86.2±11.07	71.89±12.53	0.058
Conscious disturbance, 𝑛 (%)	0	6 (66.7%)	0.028
MRI
Bilateral lesions, 𝑛 (%)	1 (16.7%)	7 (77.8%)	0.041
Lesions count (mean ± SD)	2.17±1.21	4±1.33	0.026
Total anterior circulation, 𝑛 (%)	0	6 (66.7%)	0.028
Posterior circulation, 𝑛 (%)	1 (16.7%)	5 (55.6%)	0.287
WBC, ×10^9/L (mean ± SD)	8.21±3.18	13.52±3.52	0.029
Hemoglobin, g/L	139.4±20.27	117.4±14.89	0.053
MCH pq (mean ± SD)	29.96±2.31	26.29±3.21	0.059
MCHC, g/L (mean ± SD)	339.2±6.62	320.3±13.35	0.022
IgM (mean ± SD)	0.61±0.18	1.22±0.38	0.023
Echocardiography
ROVT, cm (mean ± SD)	2.97±0.23	2.60±0.25	0.010
AO, cm (mean ± SD)	3.24±0.03	2.78±0.22	0.026
Myxomas length cm (mean ± SD)	2.89±1.39	4.6±0.87	0.009
Myxomas (length + width) cm; (mean ± SD)	4.93±2.27	8.0±2.18	0.017