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Combined Surgical Treatment

Philip L. Rice, MD; Roque Pifarré, MD

Arch Surg. 1981;116(3):353-355.

Abstract
• The ages and the symptoms of patients who have left atrial myxomas and coronary artery disease are similar. Two patients in whom both lesions coexisted were successfully operated on. Based on this experience, it is recommended that coronary cineangiography be performed on patients with left atrial myxomas when a positive anginal history is obtained or when the patient is over 35 years of age. In the patient with coexisting myxoma and coronary artery disease, careful preoperative planning for myocardial protection is advised.

(Arch Surg 1981;116:353-355)

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Ill.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Aug 4, 1980.

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