Surgical removal of left atrial myxoma through mini sternotomy and the superior transseptal approach
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Shigetsugu Ohgi; Hiroaki Kuroda; Akira Marumoto; Hiroyuki Maeta; Yasushi Ashida; Shingo Ishiguro
- Source
- The Japanese journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery : official publication of the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery = Nihon Kyobu Geka Gakkai zasshi. 49(3)
- Subject
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Sternum
Asymptomatic
Heart Neoplasms
Surgical removal
Medicine
Humans
cardiovascular diseases
Heart Atria
Cardiac Surgical Procedures
Skin incision
business.industry
Myxoma
medicine.disease
Surgery
Cardiac surgery
medicine.anatomical_structure
Cardiothoracic surgery
cardiovascular system
Left Atrial Myxoma
medicine.symptom
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Interatrial septum
- Language
- ISSN
- 1344-4964
A 32-year-old man admitted for treatment of a left atrial myxoma showed a 76 x 25 mm tumor in the left atrium originating in the interatrial septum upon echocardiography. The myxoma was surgically removed using a mini sternotomy and the superior transseptal approach. The hospital course was unremarkable. In the 2 years since operation, the patient has remained asymptomatic and tumor-free. The superior transseptal approach is thus useful in surgical removal of left atrial myxoma because it can be excised with minimum manipulation despite the mini sternotomy and small skin incision.