Xian-En Fa
China
Research Article
Diagnosis and Treatment of Cardiac Myxoma-Short Term Clinical Analysis of 14 Cases in a Single Hospital
Author(s): Mohammed Firoj Khan and Xian-En FaMohammed Firoj Khan and Xian-En Fa
Objective: Short term clinic-pathological analysis of intracardiac myxoma in 14 cases
Material and Methods: From January-2016 to May-2016, 14 patients, 5 males and 9 females, aged 22 ~ 71 mean age (45.1 ± 13.3) years were admitted in our department of cardio-vascular surgery, the second affiliated hospital of Zhengzhou university. All the patients were diagnosed to have myxoma by transthoracic echocardiography. Myxoma was in different positions in the heart, 9 cases in left atrium, 2 cases in right atrium, 2 cases in left ventricule and 1 case in right ventricle. All the patients were performed open heart surgery via midsternal incision under cardiopulmonary bypass with slight hypothermia and myxomas were excised successfully.
Result: Myxoma was found most commonly in the left atrium. .. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/0974-8369.1000314