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

Authors
Ha, JW Kang, WC Chung, N Chang, BC Rim, SJ Kwon, JW Jang, Y Shim, WH Cho, SY Kim, SS Cho, SH
Citation
Jw. Ha et al., Echocardiographic and morphologic characteristics of left atrial myxoma and their relation to systemic embolism, AM J CARD, 83(11), 1999, pp. 1579
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiovascular & Respiratory Systems","Cardiovascular & Hematology Research
Journal title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00029149 → ACNP
Volume
83
Issue
11
Year of publication
1999
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(19990601)83:11<1579:EAMCOL>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
We examined the relation between the echocardiographic morphology of cardia c 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 ch aracterized by soft and irregular shape with mobile surface (n = 12, 48%); multiple regression analysis revealed the polypoid type of tumor was the on ly independent predictor of systemic embolism (p = 0.0029).