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[The anatomic pathological classification for intracardiac leiomyomatosis and the choice of its surgical strategy]
Hui-Li Gan1, Jian-Qun Zhang, Ping Bo
1Cardiac Surgery Department, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing 100029, China. ganhuili@hotmail.com
Objective:
To approach an anatomic pathological classification scheme for the intracardiac leiomyomatosis (ICL), and to guide the choice of the surgical strategy for ICL treatment.
Methods:
Retrospectively reviews the data of 13 cases of ICL from February 1995 to March 2007 in Anzhen Hospital. They were surgically treated under the CPB with different surgical strategy, and a quaternary classification scheme was used to classify them according to their anatomic pathological features of ICL.
Results:
There was no operative death. One patient with YBOR type of ICL died from recurrence due to the incomplete excision 5 months after the primary operation. The 5 yrs survival rate calculated by the Kaplan-Meier survival curve was 93% +/- 5%. Of the surviving 12 patients, 9 were in NYHA functional class I, and 3 in class II.
Conclusion:
The surgical treatment of ICL can get a good mid-long term survival rate and living quality, and a quaternary classification scheme for ICL can be used to guide the choosing of surgical strategy and to understand the symptoms of ICL.
