Massive pulmonary embolus complicating left atrial myxoma.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Atrial myxomas may present with a classic triad of constitutional symptoms, embolic events, and intracardiac obstruction (1). We report a case of a massive pulmonary thromboembolus complicating a left atrial myxoma in the absence of an atrial or ventricular septal defect.
Medical subject headings
- Heart Neoplasms
- Myxoma
- Pulmonary Embolism