Heart failure due to giant left atrial myxoma: A case report
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https://doi.org/10.24265/horizmed.2017.v17n1.12Keywords:
Echocardiogram, Stenosis, Myxoma, Tumors, Mitral valveAbstract
Myxomas are frequent cardiac tumors that are mostly located in the left atrium. Their signs and symptoms are very varied and nonspecific, and depend on their behavior. We report the case of a 41-year-old female patient with a disease period of approximately 3 months, and a clinical picture suggesting heart failure characterized by respiratory difficulty at rest, chest pain, general malaise and edema on lower limbs. The EKG suggested left atrial growth, where transthoracic echocardiography was a key test for the diagnosis of a myxoma filling the entire left atrium, which was later excised by surgery and confirmed by pathological anatomy.
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