[Surgical treatment of primary tumor in the right heart]

From April 1986 to March 1990, 5 patients with primary tumor of the right heart were treated surgically at our hospital. Two of them had right atrial myxomas, and one had malignant lymphoma of the right atrium. The remaining 2 patients had tumors of the right ventricle (fibromyxoma 1 patient and leiomyosarcoma 1). The diagnosis was confirmed by 2-D echocardiography in all patients. Three patients with cardiogenic shock were operated on at emergency clinic. There were no operative deaths. Two patients with primary malignant tumors underwent incomplete resection with poor results. Three patients with benign tumors who had the tumors totally removed showed good results after operation.