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. 1976 Jun;38(6):627–632. doi: 10.1136/hrt.38.6.627

Echocardiographic diagnosis of left atrial myxoma. Usefulness of suprasternal approach.

A A Petsas, S Gottlieb, B Kingsley, B L Segal, R J Myerburg
PMCID: PMC483046  PMID: 1275990

Abstract

Three cases of left atrial myxoma were studied by echocardiography. In one case the atrial tumour was prolapsing through the mitral orifice into the left ventricular cavity; in the other two cases it was not. The angiocardiographic and operative findings correlated well with those from echocardiography. A systematic echocardiographic study is important; the suprasternal approach is useful in the echocardiographic exploration of the left atriu, especially for nonprolapsing tumours.

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