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Left atrial myxoma attached to the anterior mitral leaflet with symptoms suggestive of infective endocarditis
- Source :
- European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging. 11:E8-E8
- Publication Year :
- 2009
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 2009.
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Abstract
- The case of a 55-year-old woman is presented, whose clinical signs were initially suggestive of infective endocarditis. Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) provided the diagnosis of a large left atrial myxoma attached to the anterior mitral leaflet. Perioperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) confirmed preoperative findings and assisted the surgical team in the assessment of tumour size, area of attachment, and mobility. Following tumour resection, TEE demonstrated residual moderate mitral valve regurgitation, which resulted in a change of surgical strategy. This report reinforces the importance of intraoperative TEE to facilitate and optimize surgical and anaesthesiological management of patients presenting with non-specific cardiorespiratory symptoms.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Heart Valve Diseases
Preoperative care
Diagnosis, Differential
Heart Neoplasms
Mitral valve
medicine
Humans
Endocarditis
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
cardiovascular diseases
Surgical team
business.industry
Myxoma
General Medicine
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Surgery
Treatment Outcome
medicine.anatomical_structure
Infective endocarditis
cardiovascular system
Mitral Valve
Female
Radiology
Left Atrial Myxoma
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Mitral valve regurgitation
human activities
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20472412 and 20472404
- Volume :
- 11
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d18e234ea674d91973fd220db8724c8b