Atypical vessels as an early sign of intracardiac myxoma? [PDF]
Cardiovascular Ultrasound, 2004 We report on a woman with previously unknown left atrial myxoma, who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention. 45 months after the initial coronary angiography, echocardiography demonstrated a large atrial myxoma, which was not seen ...
Rutsch Wolfgang +6 more
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Identification of Stem-Like Cells in Atrial Myxoma by Markers CD44, CD19, and CD45 [PDF]
Stem Cells International, 2016 Atrial myxoma is the most frequent tumor arising mainly in atrial septum and its origin remains uncertain. It has been reported that a subpopulation of stem-like cells are present in benign tumors and responsible for tumor initiation and maintenance.
Xianghe Song +7 more
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Giant Left Atrial Myxoma Masquerading as Cough-Syncope Syndrome [PDF]
Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2017 Left atrial myxomas are the most common type of benign primary cardiac tumor. Patients can present with generalized symptoms, such as fatigue, symptoms from obstruction of the myxoma, or even embolization of the myxoma causing distal thrombosis.
Jennifer N. Bowman MD +4 more
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Cerebral embolization associated with parenchymal seeding of the left atrial myxoma: Potential role of interleukin‐6 and matrix metalloproteinases [PDF]
Neuropathology (Kyoto. 1993), 2020 Systemic embolization has been reported in up to 40% of patients with left atrial myxoma, half of them with cerebral involvement. However, development of intracerebral embolization associated with parenchymal seeding of the myxoma emboli is an extremely ...
Cristian Aguilar +5 more
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Rare Presentation of Postpericardiotomy Syndrome After Left Atrial Myxoma Removal [PDF]
Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2023 Postpericardiotomy syndrome (PPS) is a known complication of cardiac valve surgery, but it has not been commonly reported as a postoperative complication of cardiac myxoma removal. A 78-year-old female with hypertension and atrial fibrillation presenting
Jessy Feng BA +5 more
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Systemic Embolization and Myocardial Infarction due to Clinically Unrecognized Left Atrial Myxoma [PDF]
Case Reports in Medicine, 2011 Myxomas are the most common primary tumors of the heart. We report an extraordinary severe case of left atrial myxoma, presenting with stroke, myocardial infarction, and multiple arterial embolism including aorta, splenic and renal arteries, and several ...
Britta Vogel +4 more
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Rare presentation of an atrial myxoma in an adolescent patient: a case report and literature review [PDF]
BMC Pediatrics, 2018 BackgroundCardiac tumors are uncommon in the pediatric population. When present, cardiac manifestations stem from the tumor causing inflow or outflow obstruction.
Eduardo Macias +6 more
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Atrial myxoma presenting with orthostatic hypotension in an 84-year-old Hispanic man: a case report [PDF]
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2009 Introduction Left atrial myxomas remain the most common benign primary cardiac tumors, and these cardiac growths can masquerade as mitral stenosis, infective endocarditis and collagen vascular disease.
Halstead Michael +8 more
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Images in Emergency Medicine: Left Atrial Myxoma [PDF]
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2008 This visual diagnosis case summary presents the case of a 64 year old male who presented with right lower quadrant abdominal pain and who was subsequently found to have a very large left sided atrial myxoma.
Darracq, Michael A
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Emergency Excision of Cardiac Myxoma and Endovascular Coiling of Intracranial Aneurysm after Cerebral Infarction [PDF]
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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