MYXOMA OF THE LEFT ATRIUM: REPORT OF A CASE
- 1 May 1957
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American College of Physicians in Annals of Internal Medicine
- Vol. 46 (5) , 982-990
- https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-46-5-982
Abstract
A case is reported of genuine myxoma of the left atrium in which the diagnosis was established at postmortem examination. The symptoms and signs are thought to have resulted from mechanical interference with entrance of blood into the left heart and to back pressure in lungs and right heart. Angiocardiography is a specific aid to diagnosis. This type of tumor now can be successfully removed and represents one form of curable heart disease.Keywords
This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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- Myxoma of the Left AtriumCirculation, 1952