A Murmur of a Tumor
| Autor: | Masahiro Mohri, Makiko Urata, Mitsuru Noma, Junichiro Dokura |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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| Zdroj: | Circulation. 120 |
| ISSN: | 1524-4539 0009-7322 |
| DOI: | 10.1161/circulationaha.109.869453 |
| Popis: | A 67-year-old woman presented with edema of the lower extremities. Her blood pressure was 130/90 mm Hg, and her pulse was 80 bpm and regular. A grade II/VI, low-pitched diastolic rumble was heard along the left sternal border, which intensified before the first heart sound (online-only Data Supplement Audio File I). This diastolic murmur led us to promptly perform 2-dimensional echocardiography, which revealed a mobile, inhomogeneously hyperechoic mass in the right atrium (Figure 1; online-only Data Supplement Movie). The tumor was attached … |
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