A Giant Left Atrial Myxoma
Atrial myxomas are the most common primary cardiac tumors. Patients with left atrial myxomas generally present with mechanical obstruction of blood flow, systemic embolization, and constitutional symptoms. We present a case of an unusually large left atrial myxoma discovered incidentally in a patien...
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| author | Medhat F. Zaher Sharad Bajaj Mirette Habib Emile Doss Michael Habib Mahesh Bikkina Fayez Shamoon Wissam N. Hoyek |
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| description | Atrial myxomas are the most common primary cardiac tumors. Patients with left atrial myxomas generally present with mechanical obstruction of blood flow, systemic embolization, and constitutional symptoms. We present a case of an unusually large left atrial myxoma discovered incidentally in a patient with longstanding dyspnea being managed as bronchial asthma. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2930fe9b849a4604ac04832b6ac8a6252025-08-20T03:54:47ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352014-01-01201410.1155/2014/819052819052A Giant Left Atrial MyxomaMedhat F. Zaher0Sharad Bajaj1Mirette Habib2Emile Doss3Michael Habib4Mahesh Bikkina5Fayez Shamoon6Wissam N. Hoyek7Department of Cardiology, St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, 703 Main Street, Paterson, NJ 07503, USADepartment of Cardiology, St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, 703 Main Street, Paterson, NJ 07503, USADepartment of Cardiology, St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, 703 Main Street, Paterson, NJ 07503, USADepartment of Cardiology, St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, 703 Main Street, Paterson, NJ 07503, USADepartment of Cardiology, St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, 703 Main Street, Paterson, NJ 07503, USADepartment of Cardiology, St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, 703 Main Street, Paterson, NJ 07503, USADepartment of Cardiology, St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, 703 Main Street, Paterson, NJ 07503, USADepartment of Cardiology, Staten Island University Hospital, 475 Seaview Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10305, USAAtrial myxomas are the most common primary cardiac tumors. Patients with left atrial myxomas generally present with mechanical obstruction of blood flow, systemic embolization, and constitutional symptoms. We present a case of an unusually large left atrial myxoma discovered incidentally in a patient with longstanding dyspnea being managed as bronchial asthma.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/819052 |
| spellingShingle | Medhat F. Zaher Sharad Bajaj Mirette Habib Emile Doss Michael Habib Mahesh Bikkina Fayez Shamoon Wissam N. Hoyek A Giant Left Atrial Myxoma Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | A Giant Left Atrial Myxoma |
| title_full | A Giant Left Atrial Myxoma |
| title_fullStr | A Giant Left Atrial Myxoma |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Giant Left Atrial Myxoma |
| title_short | A Giant Left Atrial Myxoma |
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| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/819052 |
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