Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux
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Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss · Mar 1981
Case Reports[Myxomas of the right atrium. Apropos of 3 cases. Review of the literature].
The authors report 3 cases of right atrial myxoma and review 88 other cases in the literature managed by surgery. The first personal case, in a 74 year old patient, illustrate the dramatic consequences of tumour engagement in the tricuspid orifice, in this instance cardiac arrest during catheterisation justifying emergency surgery. The second case exemplifies the diagnostic value of echocardiography: the correction of an erroneous diagnosis of pericarditis. ⋯ Angiography serves only to confirm these appearances. Surgery is the treatment of choice, and preferably with the shortest possible delay. It offers definitive cure at a minimal risk to the patient.