Surgical Treatment of Giant LA Myxoma

거대 좌심방 점액종 수술치험

Cardiac myxoma is the most common benign tumor of the heart, accounting for about half of primary cardiac tumors. It has clinical importance because the excision of the intracardiac myxoma is curative and long term survival is excellant, Their average size is about 5~6cm in diameter in most reported cases. We have experienced a giant atrial myxoma, arised from the interatrial septum of the left atrial side, and resected under the cardiopulmonary bypass.