Right atrial myxoma: case report and anaesthetic considerations.
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.
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Department of Anesthesiology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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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*