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Intracardiac Extension of Lung Carcinoma Presenting as an Atrial Myxoma: A Case Report

Clinical Case Reports
Left atrial (LA) mass is most commonly presumed to be a cardiac myxoma, as it is approximately 75% of primary cardiac tumors, with a strong predilection for the LA.
Ahmad Mirdamadi, Shakiba Seifi
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Natural growth of left atrial myxoma

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2021
: Myxomas are common benign cardiac tumors that can cause life-threatening events. Urgent surgical excision is needed. Therefore, little is known about their growth rate. We present a peculiar case of an incidental left atrial myxoma offering calculation
El Addouli, Haroun, Paelinck, Bernard, Abdulmajid, Lilaf, De Bock, Dina   +3 more
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Left atrial myxoma with cardiogenic shock following a myocardial infarction: a case report [PDF]

Journal of Medical Case Reports
Background Myxomas are the most common primary cardiac tumor and typically originate in the left atrium. Atrial myxomas may present following complications of obstruction and emboli.
Ian Lancaster, Tara Hrobowski-Blackman, Deep Patel, Lubna Chatoor, Joshini Simon, Andrew Willinger   +5 more
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Management of left atrial myxoma in pregnant women: a case series [PDF]

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Background Left atrial myxoma during pregnancy is rare. We present three cases in order to aid in the management. Case Presentation Three cases of left atrial myxoma during pregnancy were presented in this article.
Yanli Liu, Haiping Wang, Huanlei Huang, Fengzhen Han, Jian Zhuang, Yanqiu Ou, Yanyan Lin, Weina Zhang   +7 more
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Left atrial myxoma complicated with multi-system embolization

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2017
Background Atrial myxoma accounts for approximately 50% of all cardiac tumors. The majority of myxomas are located in the left atrium and present variable clinical manifestation.
Ren-Dan Zhang, Zhi-Huan Zeng, Jian-Yi Zheng, Tu-Di Li, Yan-Qun Zhao, Yu-Hong Liu, Yu-Si Yao   +6 more
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Left Atrial Myxoma [PDF]

Kardiologiia, 2016
A case of left atrium myxoma is presented. Its special characteristic was short history with sudden deterioration. Timely diagnosis of cardiac tumor at the level of primary healthcare facilitated successful surgery which prevented development of complications.
V, Namana, R, Sarasam, R, Balasubramanian, J, Shani   +3 more
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Rheumatic mitral valve disease with left atrial myxoma: Unexpected encounter

Clinical Case Reports, 2023
Key Clinical Message Rheumatic mitral stenosis associated with left atrial myxoma has been reported previously. We reported an admitted rare case of rheumatic mitral regurgitation with left atrial myxoma. The discrimination between left atrial myxoma and
Jiaqi Yang, Kun Huang, Xuejie Li
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Cardiac myxoma: The influence of surgical technique on long-term prognosis [PDF]

Archives of Biological Sciences, 2012
The aim of our study was to analyze the influence of different surgical techniques (left atriotomy, right atriotomy, biatrial approach and tumor basis solving) on early and late outcomes of patients operated on for cardiac myxoma.
Mikić A., Đukić P., Obrenović-Kirćanski Biljana, Gluvić Z., Putnik S., Vraneš M., Velinović M., Kočica M., Cvetković D.   +8 more
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Asymptomatic Left Atrial Myxoma

Journal of Cardiovascular Echography, 2022
Primary tumors of the heart are extremely rare. The most common is the left atrial myxoma. This article presents a case of large asymptomatic left atrial myxoma in an 80-year-old woman. The patient was admitted to the hospital emergency department after a traffic accident. After a performed trauma scan and an echocardiographic
Tetera, Weronika, Wilk, Aleksandra, Król, Wojciech, Braksator, Wojciech   +3 more
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Left atrial myxoma [PDF]

BMJ, 2013
Susie Layton was 60 when she noticed increasing breathlessness, fatigue, and chest pain. A left atrial myxoma was subsequently excised.
Layton, S., Ripley, David P., Bellenger, Nick G.   +2 more
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