[Clinical echocardiography characteristics of cardiac myxomas].

Thirteen patients with heart myxomas (11 myxomas of the left atrium, 1 myxoma of the right atrium, 1 myxoma of the right ventricle) were placed under observation. The clinical manifestations of the myxomas were many and varied and depended on the site, size and mobility of tumor, the presence or lack of autoimmune processes (arthritis, pericarditis, myocarditis), and embolic complications. A high diagnostic value of one- and two-dimensional echocardiography is noted in the diagnosis of myxomas. In view of a possibility of radical surgical treatment early diagnosis of myxomas assumes the leading role for the disease prognosis.