DOI: 10.36347/sasjs.2024.v10i07.030

Pages: 884-890

Background : Myxomas are the most common primary cardiac tumors, most frequently located in the left atrium, where surgical treatment is the gold standard for good outcomes. Methods and Results : This is a retrospective study aiming to analyze clinical and intraoperative caracterestics from cardiac myxoma cases in the cardiac surgery departement of the last 10 years. The study population was 15 cardiac surgical patients. 87,6% of cases had the myxoma located at left atrium and, 86,6% of all patients fully recovered. Conclusion : The availability of transthoracic echocardiography and improvements in other cardiac Imaging techniques have made it possible to diagnose cardiac myxomas rapidly, allowing them to be managed surgically without delay and, as result, improving their outcome and preventing complications, which can be fatal.