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Ann Thorac Surg 1980;29:469-473
© 1980 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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The Distribution Patterns of Biatrial Myxomas

Departments of Medicine and Surgery, St. Vincent's Medical Center of Richmond, Downstate Medical Center, State University of New York, and Brooklyn Veterans Administration Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

Accepted for publication June 29, 1979.

^* Address reprint requests to Dr. Piccone, Associate Professor of Surgery, Downstate Medical Center, State University of New York, 450 Clarkson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11203

Biatrial myxomas are extremely rare, and by 1970 only three of eight attempts at removal had been successful. Another successful removal, the difficulty of establishing the biatrial nature of a myxoma by echocardiography, and a summary of the distribution patterns of biatrial myxomas are presented here. In more than 50% of patients, both pedicles grew into separate atrial chambers from a common location in the atrial septum. The surgical implications are discussed.

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