Why the study?
Does direct aortic surgery improve survival in patients with massive embolism from atrial myxoma?
Does direct aortic surgery improve survival in patients with massive embolism from atrial myxoma?
Direct aortic surgery, guided by pre-operative angiography, is essential for the successful management and survival of patients with massive embolism from atrial myxoma.
Case report survival after aortic surgery for myxoma embolism is hypothesis-generating; does not support practice change or guideline revision.
Two cases of massive embolism from atrial myxoma are described. One of these patients survived aortic surgery, and this is only the third recorded survival of this condition. Pre-operative angiography is essential to successful management of these cases, and direct aortic surgery is the only way to remove these firm tumor emboli.
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