title: [Atrial myxoma in the aged. Apropos of 2 clinical cases].
abstract: Cardiac myxoma are a diagnostic dilemma, simulating a variety of cardiac and non cardiac diseases. Echocardiography is a powerful technique for diagnosing primary tumors of the heart. We report two cases of elderly patients, with atrial myxomas, for which operation was safely performed on the basis of echocardiography alone without preoperative catheterization.
authors.affiliation: Università di Bologna, Istituto di I Clinica Medica.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Labriola
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Azzaroli
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Di Benedetto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Di Biase
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Il mixoma atriale nell'anziano. A proposito di due casi clinici.