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Surgical removal of left atrial myxoma through mini sternotomy and the superior transseptal approach

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A 32-year-old man admitted for treatment of a left atrial myxoma showed a 76×25 mm tumor in the left atrium originating in the interatrial septum upon echocardiograpphy. 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.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, 36-1 Nishimachi, 683-0826, Yonago, Tottori, Japan

    Akira Marumoto MD, Hiroyuki Maeta MD, Shingo Ishiguro MD, Hiroaki Kuroda MD & Shigetsugu Ohgi MD

  2. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Matsue City Hospital, Shimane, Japan

    Yasushi Ashida MD

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Marumoto, A., Ashida, Y., Maeta, H. et al. Surgical removal of left atrial myxoma through mini sternotomy and the superior transseptal approach. Jpn J Thorac Caridovasc Surg 49, 185–187 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02913600

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