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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmad Al Maradni, M.D. [2]Maria Fernanda Villarreal, M.D. [3]
Overview
Cardiac myxoma is a rare disease, with a reported prevalence of 0.03% in general population.[1] The incidence cardiac myxoma is about 1/ 100,000 per year .[2] [3] The average age onset of this condition is between 30-60 years were females are more commonly affected than males. The F:M ratio is approximately 1.8 to 1.[1]Cardiac myxomas represent 78% of heart tumors.
Epidemiology and Demographics
Prevalence
- The prevalence of cardiac myxoma is reported as 0.03% in general population
Incidence
- The incidence of benign cardiac tumor including Myxoma is about 250 per 100,000 persons
Age
- The mean age patients at diagnosis is 50 years, most patients are in 30-60 age range. However, in pediatric population is more likely to be related with familial or multiple distribution (Carney complex) were there is no established sex predisposition.
Gender
- Myxomas are more common in females with a female:male ratio of 1.8:1[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Yoon DH, Roberts W (2002). "Sex distribution in cardiac myxomas". Am. J. Cardiol. 90 (5): 563–5. PMID 12208428.
- ↑ National Cancer Institute. Physician Data Query Database 2015. http://www.cancer.gov/publications/pdp
- ↑ Walpot J, Shivalkar B, Rodrigus I, Pasteuning WH, Hokken R (2010). "Atrial myxomas grow faster than we think". Echocardiography. 27 (10): E128–31. doi:10.1111/j.1540-8175.2010.01186.x. PMID 20545988.