Table 1 Characteristics of the population
From: The usefulness of contrast echocardiography in the evaluation of cardiac masses: a multicenter study
|  | No cardiac mass (n = 2) and Pseudomass (n = 4) | Thrombus (n = 43) | Benign tumor (n = 66) | Malignant tumor (n = 30) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age, mean (SD), years | 59.2 (13.6) | 54.6 (15.4) | 53.8 (11.5) | 64.3 (10.3) | 0.163 |
Sex (Male/Female) | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.322 |
 Male | 4 | 23 | 46 | 17 |  |
 Female | 2 | 20 | 20 | 13 |  |
Symptom | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.993 |
 Asymptomatic | 1 | 7 | 12 | 5 |  |
 Dyspnea | 2 | 15 | 22 | 8 |  |
 Chest pain | 2 | 9 | 13 | 7 |  |
 Palpitations | 0 | 6 | 12 | 7 |  |
 Others | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 |  |
History of cardiovascular disease | 5 | 38 | 31 | 17 | < 0.001 |
History of malignant disease | 0 | 3 | 6 | 27 | < 0.001 |
Localization | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.154 |
 Left ventricle | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 |  |
 Left atrium | 1 | 15 | 26 | 4 |  |
 Right ventricle | 1 | 6 | 10 | 9 |  |
 Right atrium | 0 | 7 | 15 | 7 |  |
 Others | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 |  |