Giant left atrial myxoma presenting as acute myocardial infarction

Myxomas are the most common type of benign cardiac tumor. The most frequent clinical presentations are symptoms resulting from atrioventricular valve obstruction or systemic embolization. Coronary embolization is a rare, although real and potentially fatal, complication of cardiac myxomas. We presen...

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Main Authors: Liliana Marta, Marisa Peres, Miguel Alves, Graça Ferreira Da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-12-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition)
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2174204912001766