How many years can you live with conservative treatment of ventricular wall tumors?

  The survival time of patients after conservative treatment of ventricular wall tumors is relatively short, about 1-2 years.  Ventricular wall tumors are mainly caused by total necrosis of the myocardium in the infarcted area, which is replaced by fibrous scar tissue. The thinned ventricular wall bulges outward and the heart loses mobility during contraction or develops paradoxical movements. Ventricular wall tumors are classified as acute or chronic, with acute tumors occurring within 24 hours of the onset of myocardial infarction and chronic tumors forming 15 days after the infarction. The disease has a serious impact on the patient’s heart function and surgery is the most effective treatment. If not aggressively treated surgically, the disease will eventually develop into heart failure and the patient’s survival time is relatively short, only 1-2 years.  Although the risks of ventricular wall tumor surgery are relatively high, and the mortality and complication rates are relatively high, overall, the survival time of patients after surgery is longer than that of conservative treatment, and it is recommended that patients who are eligible for surgery should choose it as much as possible.