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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Maria Fernanda Villarreal, M.D. [2]
Overview
In 1954 Clarence Crafoord, a Swedish cardiovascular surgeon, successfully removed a cardiac myxoma for the first time. This case also represents the first extirpation of a cardiac tumor on cardiopulmonary support.[1]
Historical perspective
In 1954 Clarence Crafoord (1899 – 1984), a Swedish cardiovascular surgeon, successfully removed a cardiac myxoma for the first time. This case also represents the first extirpation of a cardiac tumor on cardiopulmonary support. Before 1951, cardiac myxoma diagnosis was made only at autopsy.In 1959, the first M-mode echocardiogram of a left atrial myxoma was reported. [2]
References
- ↑ Chitwood WR (1992). "Clarence Crafoord and the first successful resection of a cardiac myxoma". Ann. Thorac. Surg. 54 (5): 997–8. PMID 1417305.
- ↑ Pinede L, Duhaut P, Loire R (2001). "Clinical presentation of left atrial cardiac myxoma. A series of 112 consecutive cases". Medicine (Baltimore). 80 (3): 159–72. PMID 11388092.