title: Time relationships in the diagnosis and treatment of left-atrial myxoma.
abstract: The records of 40 patients, 28 females and 12 males with a median age of 49 years (range 13-80 years), undergoing excision of left-atrial myxoma at 3 London hospitals during a 21-year period were reviewed. The urgency of treatment is discussed, and the interval between the onset of symptoms and diagnosis (median 38 weeks), and also between diagnosis and surgery (< 48 hours) is considered.
authors.affiliation: London Chest Hospital, England.
authors.forename: U U
authors.initials: UU
authors.lastname: Nkere
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Pugsley
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors