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Table 2 Differences between interventricular (IVS) septum and other cardiac sites

From: Literature survey on epidemiology and pathology of cardiac fibroma

 

IVS

Not IVS

P value

Mortality, %

58.6 (17/29)

23.8 (30/126)

< 0.001a

DT/CW, mm/g

1.00 ± 0.78b (n = 18)

0.91 ± 0.79b (n = 89)

0.917c

Arrhythmia, %

55.2 (16/29)

31.7 (40/126)

0.020a

  1. aχ2 test.
  2. bMean ± SD.
  3. cMann-Whitney U test.
  4. DT/CW = dividing diameter of tumor at diagnosis by physiological cardiac weight at diagnosis.