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Cardiac myxoma in pregnancy: a comprehensive review
Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2015 Objective:Cardiac myxoma in pregnancy is rare and the clinical characteristics of this entity have been insufficiently elucidated. This article aims to describe the treatment options and the risk factors responsible for the maternal and feto-neonatal ...
Shi-Min Yuan
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Cardiac Myxoma, a Rare But Most Common Encountered Cardiac Tumor: A Single Center Experience [PDF]
Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine, 2018 Introduction: Cardiac myxoma is a benign and rare tumor, which can present with a grim phenomenon if the presentation is late or the diagnosis and surgery are delayed. The purpose of this study was to share our institutional experience of cardiac myxoma.
Satish Das +5 more
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A case of left atrial myxoma accompanied by pancytopenia and pathological findings suggestive of pulmonary hypertension [PDF]
, 1974 A case of left atrial myxoma accompanied by peculiar symptoms is reported. A 15-year old boy had progressive congestive heart failure and three episodes of acute attacks of panctyopenia. The anemia was accompanied by helmet-shaped, broken red blood cells,
Kawanishi, Koichi +3 more
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Cerebrovascular Accident Caused by Embolic Atrial Myxoma [PDF]
, 2013 Background: Atrial myxomas, the most common type of cardiac tumors, can cause life-threatening complications. As most cardiac myxomas are surgically curable, early diagnosis is crucial. Cardiac tumors can present with cardiac and embolic manifestations,
Garrett, MD, Andrew, Han, MD, Eugene
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Anatolian Journal of Cardiology, 2023 Background: Cardiac myxomas are commonly located in the left atrium but rarely affect the right side of the heart. We retrospectively analyzed 28 patients receiving surgical treatment for right heart myxomas at our center and aimed to summarize the ...
Yanyi Liu +6 more
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Infective mitral valve myxoma with coronary artery embolization: Surgical intervention followed by prolonged survival [PDF]
, 2008 Mauyaetal.CarbonBalanceandManagement (2015) 10:10 DOI 10.1186/s13021-015-0021-x © 2015 Mauya et al.; licensee Springer. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/
Bollandsås, Ole Martin +5 more
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Familial biatrial cardiac myxoma with glandular elements: A Rare entity with review of literature
Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2017 Cardiac myxomas are benign neoplasm of the heart with an incidence of 0.3%. Glandular cardiac myxomas are very rare and accounts for less than 3% of all cardiac myxomas.
Devajit Nath +5 more
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Case report: Multiple brain metastases of atrial myxoma: Clinical experience and literature review
Frontiers in Neurology, 2023 Myxoma is the most common type of benign cardiac tumor in adults, and it has a strong tendency to embolize or metastasize to distant organs. Patients with multiple brain metastases have rarely been seen in clinics; hence, standard treatment protocols for
Kang Ma +16 more
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Infected Cardiac Myxoma: an Updated Review
Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2015 OBJECTIVE: This study aims to present an updated clinical picture of the infected cardiac myxoma. Revankar & Clark made a systematic review of infected cardiac myxoma based on the literature before 1998.
Shi-Min Yuan
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Multiple recurrences in a nonfamilial cardiac myxoma
Research in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2021 Cardiac myxomas are the most common primary cardiac tumors, with an estimated incidence of 0.5 per million individuals annually. Although surgical resection is curative however, postoperative tumor recurrence has been reported, especially in familial and
Rezvanieh Salehi +3 more
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