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How Fast Does an Atrial Myxoma Grow?

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1 How Fast Does an Atrial Myxoma Grow?
Eva Karlof, MD, Sacha P. Salzberg, MD, Anelechi C. Anyanwu, MD, Barry Steinbock, CCP, Farzan Filsoufi, MD  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  Volume 82, Issue 4, Pages (October 2006) DOI: /j.athoracsur Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

2 Fig 1 (A) (Left): Transthoracic echocardiogram (parasternal view), showing no myxoma in the right atrium or ventricle (June 2003). (B) (Right): Transthoracic echocardiogram (four-chamber view) showing a large mass (May 2004). (Ao = aorta; LA = left atrium; Myx = myxoma; RA = right atrium; RV = right ventricle.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

3 Fig 2 (Left) Right mass immediately visualized after atriotomy. (Middle) Excised mass measuring approximately 15 cm in length. (Right) Low power photomicrograph of atrial myxoma shows myxoid stroma containing single and small groups of lepidic cells and a few small vessels (Hematoxylin and eosin; ×100). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions


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