Understanding cardiac myxoma recurrence: A case report

Recurrence of cardiac myxoma is a rare condition, observed in about 3% of patients in sporadic cases, although it is more frequent in familial ones.Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain such recurrence, and the importance of increased vascularization as a facilitating feature is the subje...

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Main Authors: Maria Salomé Carvalho, Maria João Andrade, João Abecasis, Rosa Gouveia, Luísa Branco, José Pedro Neves, Miguel Mendes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-03-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition)
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S217420491300072X