Left atrial myxoma in the elderly. Report of four patients over the age of 70 and review of the literature

Myxoma of the atrium presents distinctive clinical profile, yet precise diagnosis of the tumor on the basis of clinical findings is often not made in the elderly patient as the symptoms are often attributed to "generalized arteriosclerosis of the elderly." The authors report the clinical f...

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Published inJournal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) Vol. 34; no. 3; p. 229
Main Authors Davison, E T, Mumford, D, Zaman, Q, Horowitz, R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.03.1986
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Aged
Arteriosclerosis - diagnosis
Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography
Female
Heart Failure - etiology
Heart Murmurs
Heart Neoplasms - complications
Heart Neoplasms - diagnosis
Heart Neoplasms - physiopathology
Humans
Myxoma - complications
Myxoma - diagnosis
Myxoma - physiopathology
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Summary:Myxoma of the atrium presents distinctive clinical profile, yet precise diagnosis of the tumor on the basis of clinical findings is often not made in the elderly patient as the symptoms are often attributed to "generalized arteriosclerosis of the elderly." The authors report the clinical findings in four elderly patients with left atrial myxoma in whom the diagnosis had not been clinically suspected before echocardiographic evaluation.
ISSN:0002-8614
DOI:10.1111/j.1532-5415.1986.tb04208.x