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Giant left atrial myxoma mimicking severe mitral valve stenosis.

Authors :
Gonzalez-Juanatey C
Regueiro-Abel M
Lopez-Agreda H
Peña-Martínez F
Gonzalez-Gay MA
Source :
International journal of cardiology [Int J Cardiol] 2008 Jul 21; Vol. 127 (3), pp. e110-2. Date of Electronic Publication: 2007 Aug 01.
Publication Year :
2008

Abstract

We report a case of giant left atrial myxoma in a young patient with clinical manifestation as congestive heart failure attributable to severe mitral valve stenosis. An early clinical and echocardiographic diagnosis was performed and the patient had an optimal outcome with surgery treatment.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1874-1754
Volume :
127
Issue :
3
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
International journal of cardiology
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
17683811
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.04.102