INFECTED BIATRIAL MYXOMA - TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY-GUIDED SURGICAL RESECTION

Authors
KAPLAN LJ WEIMAN DS VANDECKER W SOKIL AB WHITMAN GJR
Citation
Lj. Kaplan et al., INFECTED BIATRIAL MYXOMA - TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY-GUIDED SURGICAL RESECTION, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 57(2), 1994, pp. 487-489
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
57
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
487 - 489
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1994)57:2<487:IBM-TE>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
We identified a biatrial myxoma using transesophageal echocardiography whose right component was missed with conventional transthoracic tech niques. Identifying the biatrial component directs a safer approach to right heart catheterization. Infected biatrial myxomas are both rare and successfully managed using prolonged intravenous antibiotic therap y followed by resection. Atrial septal defects created during the rese ction of an infected myxoma may be safely repaired using a prosthetic patch.