Surgical removal of left atrial myxoma through mini sternotomy and the superior transseptal approach.
A 32-year-old man admitted for treatment of a left atrial myxoma showed a 76 x 25 mm tumor in the left atrium originating in the interatrial septum upon echocardiography. The myxoma was surgically removed using a mini sternotomy and the superior transseptal approach. The hospital course was unremarkable. In the 2 years since operation, the patient has remained asymptomatic and tumor-free. The superior transseptal approach is thus useful in surgical removal of left atrial myxoma because it can be excised with minimum manipulation despite the mini sternotomy and small skin incision.
Marumoto
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Second Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, 36-1 Nishimachi, Yonago, Tottori 683-0826, Japan.
Ashida
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Maeta
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Ishiguro
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Kuroda
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Ohgi
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S
D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000601:surgery*; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery*