title: Cerebral Metastases in Patients with Left Atrial Myxoma.
abstract: We describe two cases of cardiac myxomas with cerebral metastases and review the literature on this subject. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12727 (J Card Surg 2016;31:289-293).
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Lancashire Cardiac Center, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Lancashire, England.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rose
authors.affiliation: Oncology Unit-Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, "Sapienza" University of Rome, ICOT, Latina, Italy.
authors.forename: Anselmo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Papa
authors.affiliation: Oncology Unit-Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, "Sapienza" University of Rome, ICOT, Latina, Italy.
authors.forename: Silverio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tomao
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Nephrological, Anesthesiological, and Geriatric Sciences, Policlinico Umberto I-Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Ernesto
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Greco
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Lancashire Cardiac Center, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Lancashire, England.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zacharias
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000556:secondary; D014943:Global Health; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D015996:Survival Rate / Q000639:trends