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Recurrent left atrial myxoma in Carney complex
Medicine, 2018 Rationale: Carney complex (CNC) accounts for up to two-thirds of familial cardiac myxoma, which is a rare autosomal dominant syndrome characterized by multiple mucocutaneous lesions and endocrine tumors.
Liaoyuan Wang +6 more
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A Late Case of Ischemic Cerebral Event after Resection of a Left Atrial Myxoma
Case Reports in Neurology, 2016 Atrial myxoma is one of the most common primary cardiac tumors reported in the literature. In very rare instances, stroke has been the sequelae after a myxomatous tumor resection.
Reginald Lafleur +4 more
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Left atrial myxoma with cardiogenic shock following a myocardial infarction: a case report
Journal of Medical Case ReportsBackground 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 +5 more
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Left atrial myxoma presenting as a cystic mass
Journal of cardiac surgery, 2017 Left atrial myxomas may present with pulmonary hypertension, congestive heart failure, and cerebral metastases. We present a left atrial myxoma presenting as a cystic mass. A 62-year-old female presented after 4 months of increasingly dyspnea on exertion
Xiaojun Xie, Jiao Bai
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Cardiac myxoma: An uncommon cause of recurrent stroke in uncommon age
International Journal of Advanced Medical and Health Research, 2015 Atrial fibrillation is the most common cause of cardiogenic emboli in stroke, responsible for over 50% cases of total stroke patients. Myxoma is responsible only in few cases. A stroke caused by left atrial myxoma commonly occur in young females.
Harish Kumar +5 more
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Left Atrial Myxoma in Pregnancy: Management Strategy Using Minimally Invasive Surgical Approach
Case Reports in Cardiology, 2017 This case report concerns a young woman who, during her pregnancy, suffered severe mitral regurgitation. It was discovered at the same time that she had a left atrial myxoma.
N. Taksaudom +2 more
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Systemic Embolization and Myocardial Infarction due to Clinically Unrecognized Left Atrial Myxoma
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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Massive left atrial myxoma induced congestive heart failure
Journal of cardiac surgery, 2017 A 51-year-old female presented with a 5-month history of general weakness, fatigue, and dyspnea on exertion with increasing abdominal girth. An electrocardiogram showed normal sinus heart rhythmwith left atrial enlargement.
M. Gallo +3 more
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OncoTarget, 2017 Background To retrospectively evaluate mitral valve abnormality in left atrial myxoma patients by using cardiac computed tomography (CT). Material and methods Cardiac CT was performed in 56 patients with left atrial myxoma and 50 controls.
J. Chen +5 more
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Left Atrial Myxoma Hypervascularized from the Right Coronary Artery: An Interesting Cath Lab Finding
Case Reports in Cardiology, 2016 Primary cardiac tumors are rare and approximately half of them are atrial myxomas. They rarely remain asymptomatic, especially if large. The imaging of a myxoma by contrast dye during coronary angiography is an infrequent sign, which clarifies the ...
Marcos Danillo Peixoto Oliveira +5 more
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