A huge obstructive myxoma located in the right heart without causing any symptom

Cardiac myxoma is unusual and mostly located in left atrium. Although it is a benign tumor of the heart, it may cause life-threatening cardiac problems like valvular obstruction, systemic or pulmonary massive embolism, infection, arrhythmia, malignance. We report a huge cardiac myxoma originated fro...

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Published inInternational journal of cardiology Vol. 114; no. 3; pp. 405 - 406
Main Authors Yuce, Murat, Dagdelen, Sinan, Ergelen, Mehmet, Eren, Nevnihal, Caglar, Nuri
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LanguageEnglish
Published 18.01.2007
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Summary:Cardiac myxoma is unusual and mostly located in left atrium. Although it is a benign tumor of the heart, it may cause life-threatening cardiac problems like valvular obstruction, systemic or pulmonary massive embolism, infection, arrhythmia, malignance. We report a huge cardiac myxoma originated from right atrium. It was moving between right atrium and ventricle without any symptoms.
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ISSN:1874-1754