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Ann Thorac Surg 1972;13:450-457
© 1972 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Clinical Experience with Cardiac Myxoma

From the Departments of Surgery and Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn.

^* Address reprint requests to Dr. Harold Collins, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn. 37203.

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Eight patients ranging in age from 16 to 77 years had excision of a cardiac myxoma. All patients had symptoms varying in duration from 1 to 35 years. Three of the tumors arose in the right atrium, four in the left atrium, and one in the left ventricle. Angiocardiography provided an accurate diagnosis in 7 patients. Surgical removal was accomplished in each patient with the use of cardiopulmonary bypass. One patient died postoperatively due to low cardiac output, and another died with pneumococcal septicemia. All survivors have significantly improved.

While surgical treatment of a cardiac myxoma can be highly successful, major emphasis should be placed on early diagnosis.

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We are indebted to the late William C. Manion, M.D., who reviewed the pathology material in this series.

Presented at the Eighteenth Annual Meeting of the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, Tampa, Fla., Nov. 4-6, 1971.

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