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QJM, 2016 An 81-year-old independently functional woman with a history of congestive heart failure presented with acute shortness of breath. The day prior to the presentation she complained of mild shortness of breath while having dinner but went to sleep and woke up early morning with difficulty in breathing and chest discomfort.
V, Namana +3 more
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Unusual Presentation of Atrial Myxoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
The American journal of case reports, 2021 Patient: Female, 40-year-old Final Diagnosis: Atrial myxoma • myocardial infarction Symptoms: Dry cough • shortness of breath • wheezing Medication: — Clinical Procedure: — Specialty: Cardiology • Pathology • Pulmonology Objective: Unusual clinical ...
Diana R. Jaravaza +3 more
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Pulmonary embolism as the initial manifestation of right atrial myxoma
Medicine, 2019 Rationale: Pulmonary embolisms (PEs) are caused by emboli, which mostly originate from deep venous thrombi that travel to and suddenly block the pulmonary arteries. The emboli are usually thrombi, and right atrial myxoma emboli are rare. Patient concerns:
Guofeng Ma +5 more
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ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Right Atrial Myxoma
The Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports, 2022 Background Cardiac myxoma is the most common primary cardiac tumor. Although benign, it can cause life-threatening complications due to embolization. Case Presentation We describe an ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) involving a giant
Maximilian Vondran +3 more
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Giant left atrial myxoma – literature review and case presentation
Romanian journal of morphology and embryology = Revue roumaine de morphologie et embryologie, 2021 Primary cardiac tumors are an extremely rare pathology, representing only 5–10% of cardiac neoplasms, but among them, the most common are cardiac myxomas, that appear to originate from multipotent mesenchymal cells of the subendocardial and endocardial ...
V. Raicea +5 more
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Radiotherapy-Induced Atrial Myxoma: A Case Report and Literature Review
Life, 2023 In this particular case study, we present a 66-year-old male who was diagnosed with an atrial myxoma eight years after receiving treatment for non-small cell lung cancer.
Walid Shalata +7 more
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BMJ, 2013 Susie Layton was 60 when she noticed increasing breathlessness, fatigue, and chest pain. A left atrial myxoma was subsequently excised.
Layton, S. +2 more
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Determination of residual mass in left ventricle by intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography after a giant and floating left atrial myxoma resection [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Anestesiologia, 2018 Atrial myxoma is a benign tumor of the heart that occurs primarily in the left atrium. Floating or large left atrial myxomas frequently cause functional mitral stenosis, may also affect mitral valve structure and flow, and lead to mitral regurgitation ...
Ali Sait Kavakli, Nilgun Kavrut Ozturk
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Atrial myxoma with cerebellar signs: a case report
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2020 Background Atrial myxoma remains a rare clinical entity with an incidence of surgically resected cases of 0.5–0.7 per million population and prevalence of
Suraj Shrestha +4 more
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An exceptionally giant left atrial myxoma: a case report and literature review
European Heart Journal: Case Reports, 2020 Background Cardiac myxomas are considered the most common benign heart tumours. The clinical manifestations mainly depend on the size of the tumour.
Bassil Al-Zamkan +3 more
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