Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide in cardiac myxoma.
A case of left atrial myxoma is reported in which tumor tissue was found to contain high levels of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide. This finding further supports the concept that myxomas are true neoplasms and may explain some of the poorly understood clinical manifestations of this tumor.
D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000032:analysis; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000032:analysis*; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide / Q000032:analysis*
D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide