Tumour of the Heart (Left Atrial Myxoma)

[mjwpowerstroke]

Great informative video to watch, I am a 29 yr old male and I possibly might have this. In one week I will know for sure through another test. Can show this easy to understand video to my family now. Thx

[SaxonHeart]

I have a right myxoma would the removing of it be the same as the left ? and at what size would you would remove it?

[freckledgirlie]

I have a myxoma and my cardiologist says that he would rather not operate but just keep an eye on it for changes via mri. It freaks me out reading about people having serious complications due to embolization.

[keithschenker]

Amazing video

[xrayzach]

Whoops, meant to post that last comment in my search bar not the comments. Anyways, great video and thank you for posting

[xrayzach]

Davinci robot

[gogos1966]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH

[TheVmad]

awesome

[klm1959]

I had this surgery in 1997 at Oschners in New Orleans. My myxoma was also in the left atrium as are 80% of myxomas. I have experienced no further problems and have no physical restrictions or limitations. If you need this surgery, do not fear the surgery and do not delay. If the myxoma breaks loose it will cause a systemic embolism, and that is generally not survivable.

[mb456100]

I had this done on christmas eve 2009 mine was the size of a tennis ball. by a great surgeon dr Ohara , I am 54 it came out of no where. thank God I am alive. it was found on a fluke. thank God we have skilled doctors in this country. I hv fully recovered. thank you for the video . now I know what it looked like

[unknown0707]

two words , absolutely amazing !!

[sarahscottiedog]

I had an Atrial Myxoma removed in May 2004, this is fascinating I have got pics of mine it is great to see what they actually did

[shaybrew]

Oh--and I was wondering... Can you give me an educated guess-- I will not hold you liable for anything you say-- as to what the risks are (in ratio/percentage terms to help me better understand) for a 77-yr old woman, mildly diabetic but otherwise in good health (walks the treadmill every day practically) who has a stalked myxoma- left atrium-- between 1.75 -- 2 cm in size?

[AppleJuicer1]

I would not have a clue as to risk percent. Don't know what the risks are for doing nothing either. The procedure I had was not like the one on the video. It was done with a scope through the arteries I think. Find a hospital that has the DaVinci equipment and call their robotic surgery dept for a consult. Amazing results compared to what you see on this vid. I am 8 months out and feel better than ever.

[shaybrew]

Thank you for having the foresight to post this for those of us who seek a deeper understanding of an exact process. It helps eliminate fear and ignorance-- many thanks again.

[AppleJuicer1]

I had this surgery done by the davinci robot in Colorado Springs---Dr. John Mehall in Dec 2008. The surgery was Monday morning and I walked out of the hospital on Thursday with virtually no restrictions to my life. Thank God for a medical system that encourages Dr.s and industry to pursue innovation!

[2Kazoo]

Brilliant video, so interesting. Thanks for posting.

[rohit6986]

thanks , sir to upload  this video .

[drzugo]

More videos like this (only for physicians) at symposier (.com)

[genkishooto]

Could you explain the rationale of approaching from the right atrium? The physiological axis of the heart I presume, as the right atrium is anterior in relation to the left atrium.

Thank you for a great video.

[davidiris]

its a pleasure to see people that can found this interesting! thank you God for providing all this people your beatuful knowledge

[SpeedDemon10001]

Excellent and very informative! Thanks for posting this.

[shampoohorn35]

Thanks so much for this amazing video!!!

[r21peter]

ohhhh

[joeyfeb1402]

beautifully done

[YOUD0NTKN0WME]

humain. survival tactics. we have to survive by any cause necessary.

[dhukka123]

Clear video very nice. Myxoma originating in the heart. Not many tumour metastasize to the heart?

[snuffysmiff]

Interesting until it strikes a loved one. My mother is presently in an ICU fighting for her life, her right leg amputated above the knee, in total renal failure, and has extensive liver damage all due to sepsis after embolization of her myxoma-something she never even knew she had!

[bassamakasheh]

Sorry to hear about your Mom's condition. unfortunately these things do happen, however I have seen some very sick patients recover. Hope she gets better soon.

[snuffysmiff]

Thank you vey much. When this occured she was on a cruise ship and was not able to receive any substantive treatment for 12-13 hours which contributed to the sepsis and subsequent complications. Only good news is she has not deteriorated any further in the last 36 hours. She has been intubated and non-responsive for almost 13 days now. We still have hope but if she recovers it will be a very long and painful process.

[bassamakasheh]

I have seen patients recover after being one whole month in coma as long as there is good brain activity on EEG and the size of the brain infarct on CT scan is not too large. The Good Lord is Merciful.

[snuffysmiff]

I hope He is indeed merciful as we allowed Him to take her from us late last night. There's not much else I can say at this point. Bless you for your kind words and maybe this video will help save someone else from going through this.

[sovieti]

How long did it take you to become a heart surgeon and how hard is it, i think that this is one of the most amazing professions if i had the talent and the brains to be a surgeon i would study to be one. What is the feeling of operating another persons heart? And it seems simple but the knowledge you must have is immense , good luck with your practice.

[Bratgoul]

This was excellent and very interesting.

[imagineervelasco]

wow. that was awesome.