Research Article

Surgical Treatment of Primary Intracardiac Myxoma: 20-Year Experience in “Shahid Modarres Hospital”—A Tertiary University Hospital—Tehran, Iran

Table 2

Clinical presentation (signs and symptoms) of patents diagnosed with myxoma from 1994 to 2014 in Shahid Modarres Hospital.

Clinical presentation (1994–2014)%

Chest pain3 (7.1%)
Dyspnea23 (54.8%)
Dyspnea with fever and weight loss1 (2.4%)
Dyspnea with palpitation12 (28.5%)
CVA with hemiplegia1 (2.4%)
TIA with IHD1 (2.4%)
TIA with hemiparesia1 (2.4%)
Fatigue10 (23.8%)
Acute myocardial ischemia1 (2.4%)
Palpitation5 (11.9%)
Syncope1 (2.4%)
Weight loss9 (21.4%)
Peripheral edema2 (4.8%)
Arthralgia1 (2.4%)
Incidentally1 (2.4%)
Unknown1 (2.4%)

TIA: transient ischemic attack; CVA: cerebrovascular accident; IHD: ischemic heart disease.