Prolapsing left atrial myxoma causing severe pulmonary hypertension: dynamic echocardiographic and magnetic resonance imaging
| Autor: | T Wells, S Harden, N Moorjani, G Tsang |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Hypertension Pulmonary Diastole Doppler echocardiography Magnetic resonance angiography Heart Neoplasms Internal medicine medicine Humans Heart Atria medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Images in Cardiology Myxoma Middle Aged medicine.disease Pulmonary hypertension Echocardiography Doppler medicine.anatomical_structure Ventricle Circulatory system Cardiology Radiology Left Atrial Myxoma Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Magnetic Resonance Angiography |
| Popis: | A 63-year-old man presented with a 12 month history of increasing dyspnoea and lethargy. Transthoracic echocardiography (Philips IE33, The Netherlands) demonstrated a 6.2 × 3.9 cm mobile hyperechoic lesion within a dilated left atrium (panel A). This lesion occupied most of the left atrium and could be seen to be prolapsing into the left ventricle in diastole (panel B and supplemental video; to view video footage visit the Heart website—http://www.heartjnl.com/supplemental … |
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