title: The distribution patterns of biatrial myxomas.
abstract: Biatrial myxomas are extremely rare, and by 1970 only three of eight attempts at removal had been successful. Another successful removal, the difficulty of establishing the biatrial nature of a myxoma by echocardiography, and a summary of the distribution patterns of biatrial myxomas are presented here. In more than 50% of patients, both pedicles grew into separate atrial chambers from a common location in the atrial septum. The surgical implications are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004452:Echocardiography; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology*; D006334:Heart Function Tests; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*