Table 1: Preoperative characteristics of the patients with cardiac myxoma.

Male/Female 16/22
Age (mean ± SD, years) 41±7.8
BMI (mean ± SD) 23.1±2.6
Left Atrial 81.6%
Right Atrial 18.4%
                 Symptoms (n)
Incidental 5
Dyspnoea 11
Chest pain 14
CHF 7
Palpitation 2
CVA 3
Systemic arterial embolus 2
Renal failure 2
               Constitutional Symptom (n)
Weight loss 6
Vertigo/Syncope 3
Early fatigue 7
Limb oedema 8
               NYHA Classification (n)
Class-I 14
Class-II 10
Class-III 9
Class-IV 5

NHYA: New York Heart Association; BMI: Body Mass Index; CVA: Cerebrovascular accident; CHF: Congestive Heart Failure.