| Issue |
J Extra Corpor Technol
Volume 27, Number 2, June 1995
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| Page(s) | 97 - 100 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/ject/199527297 | |
| Published online | 18 August 2023 | |
Case Report
Surgical Removal of a Left Atrial Myxoma Utilizing Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Department of Surgery and the School of Cardiovascular Perfusion, Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Camden, Camden, New Jersey
* Address correspondence to: Louis Brownstein, BA, CCP, Program Director, School of Cardiovascular Perfusion, Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center, 310 Sarah Cooper Building, Camden, NJ 08103
An atrial myxoma is a benign intracavitary tumor of the heart. Clinical manifestations of the myxoma depend upon the location within the heart and the degree of obstruction to blood flow. This case report presents a patient who displayed all the clinical symptomology of mitral valve dysfunction, due to the presence of a left atrial myxoma. The diagnosis and subsequent surgical removal of the tumor, utilizing cardiopulmonary bypass, are the subject of this report.
Key words: atrial myxoma / cardiopulmonary bypass / cardiac tumor
© 1995 AMSECT
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