Echocardiographic and morphologic characteristics of left atrial myxoma and their relation to systemic embolism.

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Authors: Jong-Won Ha ; Woong-Chul Kang ; Namsik Chung ; Byung-Chul Chang ; Se-Joong Rim ; Jin-Wook Kwon ; Yangsoo Jang ; Won-Heum Shim ; Seung-Yun Cho ; Sung-Soon Kim ; Sang-Ho Cho

MeSH: Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Coronary Vessels/diagnostic imaging ; Coronary Vessels/pathology ; Echocardiography* ; Embolism/diagnostic imaging ; Embolism/pathology* ; Female ; Heart Atria* ; Heart Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging* ; Heart Neoplasms/pathology* ; Heart Neoplasms/surgery ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged

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).

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1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (흉부외과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers

Yonsei Authors: Rim, Se Joong(임세중) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7631-5581
Chang, Byung Chul(장병철)
Jang, Yang Soo(장양수) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2169-3112
Chung, Nam Sik(정남식)
Ha, Jong Won(하종원) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8260-2958

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