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Prolapsing Left Atrial Mass Presenting as Syncope
Background Myxomas are the most common primary cardiac tumor in adults and are most commonly found within the left atrium. These are usually asymptomatic, detected incidentally, or present gradually with symptoms typical of heart failure. Case Description This case report is a description of a cas...
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Georg Thieme Verlag KG
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9296267/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35865149 http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-1749140 |
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description | Background Myxomas are the most common primary cardiac tumor in adults and are most commonly found within the left atrium. These are usually asymptomatic, detected incidentally, or present gradually with symptoms typical of heart failure. Case Description This case report is a description of a case of syncope caused by a large left atrial myxoma. Conclusion Atrial myxomas may present with transient loss of consciousness, especially when they prolapse through the atrioventricular valves or when embolization occurs. Non-invasive diagnostic tools (e.g., echocardiogram, cardiac computed tomography) should be considered to thoroughly evaluate cardiogenic causes of syncope. |
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spelling | pubmed-92962672022-07-20 Prolapsing Left Atrial Mass Presenting as Syncope Pathare, Presheet Weyand, Michael Heim, Christian Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Rep Background Myxomas are the most common primary cardiac tumor in adults and are most commonly found within the left atrium. These are usually asymptomatic, detected incidentally, or present gradually with symptoms typical of heart failure. Case Description This case report is a description of a case of syncope caused by a large left atrial myxoma. Conclusion Atrial myxomas may present with transient loss of consciousness, especially when they prolapse through the atrioventricular valves or when embolization occurs. Non-invasive diagnostic tools (e.g., echocardiogram, cardiac computed tomography) should be considered to thoroughly evaluate cardiogenic causes of syncope. Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2022-07-19 /pmc/articles/PMC9296267/ /pubmed/35865149 http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-1749140 Text en The Author(s). This is an open access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonDerivative-NonCommercial License, permitting copying and reproduction so long as the original work is given appropriate credit. Contents may not be used for commercial purposes, or adapted, remixed, transformed or built upon. ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ ) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License, which permits unrestricted reproduction and distribution, for non-commercial purposes only; and use and reproduction, but not distribution, of adapted material for non-commercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Pathare, Presheet Weyand, Michael Heim, Christian Prolapsing Left Atrial Mass Presenting as Syncope |
title | Prolapsing Left Atrial Mass Presenting as Syncope |
title_full | Prolapsing Left Atrial Mass Presenting as Syncope |
title_fullStr | Prolapsing Left Atrial Mass Presenting as Syncope |
title_full_unstemmed | Prolapsing Left Atrial Mass Presenting as Syncope |
title_short | Prolapsing Left Atrial Mass Presenting as Syncope |
title_sort | prolapsing left atrial mass presenting as syncope |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9296267/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35865149 http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-1749140 |
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