title: Primary leiomyosarcoma of the left atrium.
abstract: A 69-year-old woman with symptoms of congestive heart failure had a left atrial leiomyosarcoma, an extremely rare cardiac tumor, which obstructed the mitral valve and pulmonary veins. Surgical resection was performed, but no other adjuvant therapy was administered because the patient refused it. Recurrence of the tumor occurred soon after surgery and the patient died 81 days postoperatively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Society Wakayama Medical Center, Wakayama-city, Japan. dr-kenji@po.iijnet.or.jp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Minakata
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Konishi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nonaka
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamada
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma