Between October 1987 and July 1994 three patients presenting left atrial myxoma underwent surgery in our Service _ Clínica Cárdio Cirúrgica de Juiz de Fora. Ages ranged from 20 to 35 years (average 29.6 years) and 66.6% of these cases were female patients. The occurrence of tachycardic palpitations was reported by all the patients (100%) following effort with dypnea, precordial discomfort and episodes of dizziness in two cases (66.6%). Non specific manifestations such as general uneasiness, prostration, anorexia and emaciation were reported by one patient (33.3%). None of the patients in this series presented previous embolic accident.The diagnosis of cardiac tumor was accomplished with the help of the two-dimensional echocardiography and the hemodynamic study. The confirmation of the myxoma was given by the histopathological study. Extracorporeal circulation was used in the surgeries and left atriotomy was used as an approach to the tumor. There were no complications during the surgery and post-operatively the patients evolved satisfactorily. All the patients were asymptomatic when discharged from the hospital.
Myxoma; Heart neoplasms; Heart atrium; Myxoma; Heart neoplasms
