Key result
Suprasternal echocardiography accurately identifies left atrial myxoma, correlating well with surgical findings in 3 cases.
Why the study?
A systematic echocardiographic study including the suprasternal approach is important for diagnosing left atrial myxoma, especially nonprolapsing tumours.
Is the suprasternal echocardiographic approach useful for diagnosing left atrial myxoma?
Case Report (n=3)
Is the suprasternal echocardiographic approach useful for diagnosing left atrial myxoma?
The suprasternal echocardiographic approach is a useful technique for evaluating left atrial myxomas, particularly those that do not prolapse.
Echocardiography may aid noninvasive detection of left atrial myxomas; leaves open its routine role pending larger validation studies.
Three cases of left atrial myxoma were studied by echocardiography. In one case the atrial tumour was prolapsing through the mitral orifice into the left ventricular cavity; in the other two cases it was not. The angiocardiographic and operative findings correlated well with those from echocardiography. A systematic echocardiographic study is important; the suprasternal approach is useful in the echocardiographic exploration of the left atriu, especially for nonprolapsing tumours.
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Petsas et al. (1976) conducted a case report in Left atrial myxoma (n=3). Echocardiography (suprasternal approach) was evaluated on Correlation of echocardiographic findings with angiocardiographic and operative findings. Echocardiography using the suprasternal approach was useful in diagnosing left atrial myxoma, correlating well with angiocardiographic and operative findings in 3 cases.
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