Right atrial myxoma: echocardiographic appearance
| Title: | Right atrial myxoma: echocardiographic appearance |
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| Authors: | Patrianakos, Alexandros P.; Parthenakis, Frangiskos I.; Nyktari, Eva; Kochiadakis, George E.; Koutsopoulos, Anastasios V.; Vardas, Panos E. |
| Publisher Information: | Oxford University Press |
| Publication Year: | 2008 |
| Collection: | HighWire Press (Stanford University) |
| Subject Terms: | CASE REPORT |
| Description: | A 67-year-old asymptomatic male was admitted for evaluation of his arterial hypertension. The routine echocardiographic study revealed a large tumour in the dilated right atrium. The mass appeared to arise from the posterior wall of the right atrium. After infusion of a contrast agent, the mass appeared to fill with the contrast agent, ruling out the possibility of the mass being a clot. Transesophageal study revealed a round mass arising from the posterior right atrial wall just adjacent to the extrusion of the superior vena cava. The patient subsequently underwent cardiac surgery and a cardiac tumour was excised that proved to be a cardiac myxoma. In this case we present echocardiographic images and the macro- and microscopic view of the right atrial myxoma. |
| Document Type: | text |
| File Description: | text/html |
| Language: | English |
| Relation: | http://ehjcimaging.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/jen028v1; http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ejechocard/jen028 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/ejechocard/jen028 |
| Availability: | http://ehjcimaging.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/jen028v1; https://doi.org/10.1093/ejechocard/jen028 |
| Rights: | Copyright (C) 2008, European Society of Cardiology |
| Accession Number: | edsbas.6E204A36 |
| Database: | BASE |