Extracardiac manifestations of atrial myxomas
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Atrial Myxomas : Special Emphasis on 504 Unusual Manifestations *
From January 1959 to January 1969, eight patients with atrial myxoma were seen at Emory University and Grady Memorial hospitals. Five patients had symptoms and signs compatible with mitral stenosis, three of whom underwent surgery with an incorrect preoperative diagnosis of mitral stenosis. Two myxomas were found at autopsy, one in a patient who died of acute myocardial infarction. One patient ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Saudi Heart Association
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1016-7315
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsha.2016.07.003