[Surgical treatment of heart myxomas]

Nine persons were operated on in the Samara Interregional Cardiosurgical Center for left atrial myxoma in 1986-1991. Two-dimensional echocardiography was the major technique in making a correct diagnosis. The tumor was found in one patient intraoperatively. An operative access was made through the right atrium and atrial septum. The tumor was excised at the wide margin of the underlying myocardium. The postoperative period in all patients was smooth.