title: Right atrial myxoma: case report and anaesthetic considerations.
abstract: Primary cardiac tumours occur rarely. Myxoma is the most common of these tumours and 25 per cent of myxoma occur in the right atrium. We present a patient with a right atrial myxoma and hypoxaemia who suffered sudden hypotension upon induction of anaesthesia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Moritz
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Azad
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007022:Hypotension / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000601:surgery*