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Myxoma with a left-to-left shunt and fistula.
- Source :
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Chest [Chest] 1989 Oct; Vol. 96 (4), pp. 945-6. - Publication Year :
- 1989
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Abstract
- We present the case of a 68-year-old man with a peculiar coincidence of cardiac pathologic findings: a huge left atrial myxoma, mitral insufficiency, a high degree atrioventricular block and three-vessel disease. The myxoma was vascularized from a dilated sinus arteriosus branch, giving rise to neovascularization at the base of the tumor. Blood from the neovascularization gathered into a large cavern which fistulated into the left atrium, responsible for a left-to-left cardiac shunt.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0012-3692
- Volume :
- 96
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Chest
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 2791694
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.96.4.945