Atrial Myxoma: A Case Presentation and Review

Myxomas are the most common primary cardiac tumors, most frequently found in the left atrium. We present a case of an atrial myxoma. An in-depth review of atrial myxoma is presented, examining the important clinical symptoms and diagnostic indicators. The treatment of atrial myxoma is then discussed...

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Autores principales: Cohen, Ronny, Singh, Gagandeep, Mena, Derrick, Garcia, Christine A., Loarte, Pablo, Mirrer, Brooks
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elmer Press 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5358296/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28357024
http://dx.doi.org/10.4021/cr145w
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author Cohen, Ronny
Singh, Gagandeep
Mena, Derrick
Garcia, Christine A.
Loarte, Pablo
Mirrer, Brooks
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description Myxomas are the most common primary cardiac tumors, most frequently found in the left atrium. We present a case of an atrial myxoma. An in-depth review of atrial myxoma is presented, examining the important clinical symptoms and diagnostic indicators. The treatment of atrial myxoma is then discussed, with an emphasis on current therapies. An extensive literature review has been performed to present a comprehensive review of the causes, pathophysiology of atrial myxoma.
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spelling pubmed-53582962017-03-29 Atrial Myxoma: A Case Presentation and Review Cohen, Ronny Singh, Gagandeep Mena, Derrick Garcia, Christine A. Loarte, Pablo Mirrer, Brooks Cardiol Res Case Report Myxomas are the most common primary cardiac tumors, most frequently found in the left atrium. We present a case of an atrial myxoma. An in-depth review of atrial myxoma is presented, examining the important clinical symptoms and diagnostic indicators. The treatment of atrial myxoma is then discussed, with an emphasis on current therapies. An extensive literature review has been performed to present a comprehensive review of the causes, pathophysiology of atrial myxoma. Elmer Press 2012-02 2012-01-20 /pmc/articles/PMC5358296/ /pubmed/28357024 http://dx.doi.org/10.4021/cr145w Text en Copyright 2012, Cohen et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4021/cr145w
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