January 1, 1977CirculationOpen Access

Detection of left atrial myxoma by gated radionuclide cardiac imaging.

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Why the study?

Can gated radionuclide cardiac blood pool scans detect and evaluate the motion of left atrial myxomas?

Population

7 patients with left atrial myxomas documented by pulmonary cineangiography with left atrial follow-through.

Design

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Discussion

Suggests gated radionuclide scans as viable for left atrial myxoma assessment; leaves open its utility relative to modern echocardiography.

Can gated radionuclide cardiac blood pool scans detect and evaluate the motion of left atrial myxomas?

Population

7 patients with left atrial myxomas documented by pulmonary cineangiography with left atrial follow-through.

Intervention

Gated radionuclide cardiac blood pool scans (GCS) of end-systole and end-diastole or eight images subtending the entire cardiac cycle

Outcome

Detection of the tumor and patterns of tumor motionsurrogate

Gated radionuclide cardiac blood pool scanning is a viable noninvasive method for detecting and evaluating the motion of left atrial myxomas.

Pohost et al. (1977) studied this question.

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Suggests gated radionuclide scans as viable for left atrial myxoma assessment; leaves open its utility relative to modern echocardiography.