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

Am J Cardiol. 1999 Jun 1;83(11):1579-82, A8. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(99)00156-3.

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).

MeSH terms

  • 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