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Ann Thorac Surg 1986;42:469-470
© 1986 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Application of the Cine Computed Tomographic Scan for Precise Localization of the Origin of an Atrial Myxoma: Surgical Implications

Paul Seifert, M.D., Eva V. Chomka, M.D., Richard Stagl, M.D., David Swarner, M.D., Bruce H. Brundage, M.D., Sidney Levitsky, M.D.*

From the Departments of Surgery and Medicine, University of Illinois Medical Center, and the Department of Medicine, Weiss Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL

Accepted for publication December 5, 1985.

* Address reprint requests to Dr. Levitsky, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, Department of Surgery, Division of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, PO Box 6998, Chicago, IL 60680

Noninvasive imaging techniques are preferred for the diagnosis of intracardiac tumors. A case is presented in which cine computed tomographic scan of an atrial myxoma provided more accurate localization of the tumor and led to modification of the operative approach.






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