title: Echocardiographic and morphologic characteristics of left atrial myxoma and their relation to systemic embolism.
abstract: 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).
authors.affiliation: Yonsei Cardiovascular Center, and Department of Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. jwha@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Ha
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Rim
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Shim
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Cho
mesh_terms: 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