Hemodynamic consequences of left atrial myxomas as assessed by Doppler ultrasound

Panidis, Ioannis P.; Mintz, Gary S.; McAllister, Michael

doi:10.1016/0002-8703(86)90644-7

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“…Sudden death in myxoma is attributed to either severe acute disturbance in cardiac hemodynamics from cardiac obstruction to coronary embolization from the tumor [7]. The latter is probably responsible for sudden death in patients with very small tumors.…”

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Atrial Myxoma Mimicking Mitral Stenosis

et al. 2017

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Myxoma is the most common primary cardiac tumor and is usually located in the left atrium. Clinical manifestation relies in large part on the size, location, and architecture of the tumor. There are many reports in the literature of cardiac myxomas causing syncope, embolism, even myocardial infarction. We present a rare case of a patient who underwent urgent surgical resection of a large left atrial myxoma mimicking mitral stenosis. The postoperative course of the patient was uncomplicated. One year after surgery, the patient is asymptomatic and disease-free.

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Atrial Myxoma Mimicking Mitral Stenosis

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“…The symptoms vary from dyspnea due to heart failure or syncope to sudden death due complete mitral obstruction [2][3][4][5]. Up to more than a half of left atrial myxomas show obstructive symptoms [3], but only in 10% of patients will it cause severe mitral stenosis [6]. In our case, the giant myxoma occupied almost the entire dilated left atrial cavity causing a severe mitral valve stenosis.…”

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Giant left atrial myxoma mimicking severe mitral valve stenosis

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Lopez-Agreda

et al. 2008

International Journal of Cardiology

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“…Echo Doppler is a valuable tool for the estimation of cardiac myxoma-caused mitral valve stenosis during diastole [9]. It has been reported [10] that only a small percentage of patients with left atrial myxomas (10%) appear in Doppler echocardiography the typical pattern of diastolic mitral flow of severe mitral stenosis. This pattern was closely related with the morphologic characteristics of neoplasms such as their size, location and structure [10,11].…”

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“…It has been reported [10] that only a small percentage of patients with left atrial myxomas (10%) appear in Doppler echocardiography the typical pattern of diastolic mitral flow of severe mitral stenosis. This pattern was closely related with the morphologic characteristics of neoplasms such as their size, location and structure [10,11]. Our case was manifested with echocardiographic findings of severe mitral stenosis and left atrial intracavitary pressure gradient because of broad-base stalk of tumor arising from free atrial wall and its solid structure with superimposed organizing thrombus, respectively.…”

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