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 pain | 3 (7.1%) | Dyspnea | 23 (54.8%) | Dyspnea with fever and weight loss | 1 (2.4%) | Dyspnea with palpitation | 12 (28.5%) | CVA with hemiplegia | 1 (2.4%) | TIA with IHD | 1 (2.4%) | TIA with hemiparesia | 1 (2.4%) | Fatigue | 10 (23.8%) | Acute myocardial ischemia | 1 (2.4%) | Palpitation | 5 (11.9%) | Syncope | 1 (2.4%) | Weight loss | 9 (21.4%) | Peripheral edema | 2 (4.8%) | Arthralgia | 1 (2.4%) | Incidentally | 1 (2.4%) | Unknown | 1 (2.4%) |
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TIA: transient ischemic attack; CVA: cerebrovascular accident; IHD: ischemic heart disease.
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