A brief description of cardiac myxomas and the anesthetic implications for anestesia providers. Some of the formatting of this paper has been lost....the superscripts for references lost their format.

MYXOMA Cardiac myxomas are rare, benign, slow growing primary cardiac tumors found most commonly in the septum of the left atrium, although they can occur in any chamber of the heart.1,2,3,4 Myxomas account for about 50% of all benign intercardiac tumors making them the most common.14,15,16,17,18 Approximately 70-85% of myxomas occur in the left atrium and the remainder in the right atrium.1,2,5,7,9,10,11,12,13,14,16,17 Very rarely one will occur in either ventricle.1,2,9,12,13,14,16 A very small percentage (10% or less) …

…MR. Radiology. 2002;225:215-224. 29.Website: Canadian Journal of Surgery. www.collection.nlc-bnc.ca/100/201/300/cdn_medical_association/cjs/vol-43/issue-1/0062.htm accessed 10/31/03 30.Website: www.moon.ouhsc.edu/kfung/jty1/com/com306-2-diss.htm accessed 9/13/03 31.Website: Odontogenic tumors. www.oi.odont.ku.dk/lucas/mxom.html accessed 10/30/03 32.Benumof JL. Anesthesia and Uncommon Diseases. Fourth edition. Lippincot-Raven, New York, New York, 1997. pp. 85. 33.Stoelting RK. Handbook of Pharmacology and Physiology in Anesthetic Practice. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, New York, 1995.