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Variable Presentations of Left Atrial Myxomas: A Case Series
Left atrial myxomas are commonly missed clinically and often lead to grave consequences. A high degree of suspicion is required for diagnosing myxomas clinically. We present here a series of three cases which presented with absolutely different clinical signs and came out to be myxomas on echocardiography. The first case was a female who presented with shortness of breath and anasacrca and was ...
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Myxomas are the most common cardiac tumors, accounting for about 50% of benign primary cardiac tumors, with the majority located in the left atrium, and 80% of which originate in the interatrial septum. We report two cases with severe cachexia, neurological sequelae, and severe biventricle dysfunction secondary to atrial myxomas with marked early improvement after tumor excision.
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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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BACKGROUND Atypical cardiac myxomas are a rare occurrence and may present with a variety of clinical manifestations depending on the morphology and location. CASE PRESENTATION Two cases of cardiac myxomas atypically located in asymptomatic patients, diagnosed by transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography, are presented. In the first case a myxoma is located under the anterior mitral ...
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness and safety of thoracoscopic surgery and traditional median sternotomy. PATIENTS AND METHODS 64 patients with atrial myxoma and 114 patients with atrial septal defect were collected from Mar 2012 to Aug 2015. 40 atrial myxoma and 77 atrial septal defect (ASD) patients underwent totally thoracoscopic surgery technique, while 24...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(20)33003-5