Left atrial myxoma in transplanted heart.
Primary cardiac tumours are discovered in about 1 in 2000 necropsies. Cardiac myxomas make up half of all benign intracardiac tumours. Seventy five per cent are located in the left atrium. The first left atrial myxoma arising from the left atrium of a transplanted heart is reported.
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Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, UK. wanwan@doctors.net.uk
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D000368:Aged; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000601:surgery; D006325:Heart Atria; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D024162:Second-Look Surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography
D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents