A giant left atrial myxoma causing left-sided heart failure

A giant left atrial myxoma causing left-sided heart failure

This report presents a case study on giant left atrial myxoma. Transthoracic echocardiography showed a giant mass in the left atrium of a 53-year-old female patient causing functional mitral stenosis. Tumor resection was performed, and the pathological diagnosis confirmed the atrial myxoma. Postoper...

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Veröffentlicht in:SAGE open medical case reports 2022, Vol.10
Hauptverfasser: Baba, Akiko, Hisata, Yoichi, Odate, Tomohiro, Yamada, Takafumi
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Sprache:eng
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Case Report
Case reports
Heart failure
Mitral valve stenosis
Ultrasonic imaging
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Zusammenfassung:This report presents a case study on giant left atrial myxoma. Transthoracic echocardiography showed a giant mass in the left atrium of a 53-year-old female patient causing functional mitral stenosis. Tumor resection was performed, and the pathological diagnosis confirmed the atrial myxoma. Postoperative echocardiography showed no evidence of any remaining mass and mitral stenosis.
ISSN:2050-313X
2050-313X
DOI:10.1177/2050313X221105829