‘Doctor, there is a lump in my heart’ – A rare case of a ventricular myxoma

Myxomas are the commonest primary cardiac tumours. They may be asymptomatic, and picked up incidentally, or be the cause of congestive heart failure, arrhythmias and/or murmurs. Echocardiography is necessary for diagnosis. Surgical resection is recommended to prevent further complications. A rare sy...

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Autores principales: Sudarsanam, A, Briffa, N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: JSCR Publishing Ltd 2011
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Cardiothoracic Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3649288/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24950392
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/2011.8.1
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description Myxomas are the commonest primary cardiac tumours. They may be asymptomatic, and picked up incidentally, or be the cause of congestive heart failure, arrhythmias and/or murmurs. Echocardiography is necessary for diagnosis. Surgical resection is recommended to prevent further complications. A rare symptomatic ventricular myxoma is presented in this case report.
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spelling pubmed-36492882013-05-14 ‘Doctor, there is a lump in my heart’ – A rare case of a ventricular myxoma Sudarsanam, A Briffa, N J Surg Case Rep Cardiothoracic Surgery Myxomas are the commonest primary cardiac tumours. They may be asymptomatic, and picked up incidentally, or be the cause of congestive heart failure, arrhythmias and/or murmurs. Echocardiography is necessary for diagnosis. Surgical resection is recommended to prevent further complications. A rare symptomatic ventricular myxoma is presented in this case report. JSCR Publishing Ltd 2011-08-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3649288/ /pubmed/24950392 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/2011.8.1 Text en © JSCR
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3649288/
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