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Journal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine, 2016 HPI: A 52-year-old female presented to the emergency department with lightheadedness and shortness of breath, which had gradually progressed over several months. She denied chest pain. Her only medical history was an atrial myxoma that had been previously removed. Her exam was notable for a “plopping” noise heard on cardiac auscultation.
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Case Reports in Neurological Medicine, 2013 Cardiac myxoma is the most common primary tumor of the heart, located mainly in the left atrium. Cerebral embolization or intracranial aneurysm formation as a consequence of left atrial myxomas has been well documented, whereas myxoma embolization ...
Youssef Al-Said +5 more
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Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2017 Background Cardiac myxoma is known to cause repeated events of cerebral embolism. Soft and irregularly shaped myxomas with high mobility are associated with a higher occurrence of cerebral embolism.
Yuki Saito +9 more
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Preoperative neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio and outcome from coronary artery bypass grafting [PDF]
, 2007 Background: An elevated preoperative white blood cell count has been associated with a worse outcome after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Leukocyte subtypes, and particularly the neutrophil-lymphocyte (N/L) ratio, may however, convey superior ...
Buchan, Keith G. +9 more
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Clinical Features and Surgical Results of Right Atrial Myxoma
Journal of cardiac surgery, 2016 We retrospectively analyzed 367 patients receiving surgical resection of cardiac myxomas in our center over six years, and analyzed the incidence and surgical results of 28 cases of right atrial myxomas.
Hang Li +5 more
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Atrial Myxoma: Ultrasound [PDF]
Journal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine, 2016 None ...
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Radiology Case Reports, 2017 A 40 year-old athletic woman presented with worsening dyspnea on exertion over the preceding several months. Chest radiograph showed borderline cardiomegaly and subsequent echocardiography demonstrated a 5.0-cm left atrial mass as well as left-to-right ...
Matthew Grant, MD +3 more
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Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging for diagnosis and clinical management of suspected cardiac masses and tumours [PDF]
, 2017 Aims To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging from a risk-stratification and therapeutic-management perspective in patients with suspected cardiac tumours.
Bremerich, Jens +6 more
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Cerebral aneurysm associated with cardiac myxoma: Case Report
Biomolecules & Biomedicine, 2011 Left atrial myxomas are a rare but well known cause of cerebrovascular accidents in young people. Cerebral embolism is the most common cause of cerebral ischemic stroke. The intracranial aneurysm is rarely associated with myxoma. We report the case of a
Branislava A. Ivanović +3 more
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Atrial Myxoma Mimicking Mitral Stenosis
Cardiology Research, 2017 Myxoma is the most common primary cardiac tumor and is usually located in the left atrium. Clinical manifestation relies in large part on the size, location, and architecture of the tumor.
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