Echocardiographic and morphologic characteristics of left atrial myxoma and their relation to systemic embolism.
We examined the relation between the echocardiographic morphology of cardiac myxoma and systemic embolism in 25 patients. Two distinct types of myxoma could be identified by echocardiography: round type characterized by solid and round shape with nonmobile surface (n = 13, 52%), and polypoid type characterized by soft and irregular shape with mobile surface (n = 12, 48%); multiple regression analysis revealed the polypoid type of tumor was the only independent predictor of systemic embolism (p = 0.0029).
Ha
J W
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Yonsei Cardiovascular Center, and Department of Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. jwha@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
Kang
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Chung
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Chang
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Rim
S J
SJ
Kwon
J W
JW
Jang
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Shim
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Cho
S Y
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Kim
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Cho
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D004452:Echocardiography; D004617:Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged