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Table 3 Characteristics of the patients according to the presence of pre-operative embolism

From: Risk prediction for emboli and recurrence of primary cardiac myxomas after resection

Variables

Embolism (n = 32)

No embolism (n = 175)

P

Age (years)

39.7 ± 16.6

45.0 ± 15.5

0.079

Gender (male)

12 (37.5 %)

59 (33.7 %)

0.689

Location (left atrium)

26 (81.3 %)

154 (88.0 %)

0.389

Appearance (gelatinous)

29 (90.6 %)

111 (63.4 %)

0.002

Size (cm)

4.45 ± 1.66

5.60 ± 1.72

0.001

Preoperative NYHA Status

  

0.217

 I-II

29 (90.6 %)

139 (79.4 %)

 

 III-IV

3 (9.4 %)

36 (20.6 %)