Cardiac myxoma


Abstract in English

Myxoma comprises 30 -40 % of all benign cardiac tumors in adults. And it occur about 0.5 – 1 for each million in a year . Myxoma occur in any chamber of the heart . but have a special predilection for the left atrium. Surgical resection is the only effective therapeutic option for patients with cardiac myxoma . It may be done with any other cardiac surgery ( valve replacement or CABG ) . surgery should not be delayed because death from obstruction to flow within the heart orembolization may occur in as many as 8% of patients awaiting operation . New studies show a good result for the patients who undergo the surgical resection for the myxoma . and low percentage of mortality .

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MinwookYoo , Dion F Graybeal : An echocardiographic-confirmed case of atrial myxoma causing cerebral embolic ischemic stroke.Cases Journal 2008.1.96

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