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Should we perform preoperative coronary angiography in all cases of atrial myxomas?
Author(s) -
Janas Robert,
Jutley Rajwinder S.,
Fenton Paul,
Sarkar Pradeep
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.20643
Subject(s) - medicine , coronary angiography , angiography , radiology , coronary artery disease , cardiology , myocardial infarction
The prevalence of coronary disease is high in patients with atrial myxomas yet routine angiography is not performed. Moreover, some tumors have angiographically detectable neovascularity, which can alter surgical planning. We report two cases that support our recommendation for performing coronary angiography in all cases diagnosed with cardiac myxomas. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.