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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Samdarshi, Tandaw E.
• Mahan, Edward F.
• Nanda, Navin C.
• Guthrie, Frank W.
• Bernstein, Ira J.
• Kirklin, John W.

Titel

Transesophageal echocardiographic diagnosis of multicentric left ventricular myxomas mimicking a left atrial tumor

Ist Teil von

• The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 1992-03, Vol.103 (3), p.471-474

Ort / Verlag

Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

1992

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Quelle

Electronic Journals Library - Freely accessible e-journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• We report a case of multicentric left ventricular myxomas with prolapse of one myxoma into the left atrium during ventricular systole that mimicked a left atrial tumor. The transthoracic echocardiogram showed large masses in the region of the mitral valve leaflets consistent with vegetations or tumors. A computed tomographic scan of the chest demonstrated two distinct left atrial masses, one of which appeared to prolapse from the left atrium into the left ventricle. Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography showed a large pedunculated mass moving between the two left-sided cardiac chambers with intermittent trapping of the mass in the left atrium. The mass was attached to the left ventricular posteromedial papillary muscle by a long stalk. Another adjacent large ventricular mass was also noted in the left ventricle. These findings were confirmed at operation, which also demonstrated a third small tumor arising from the atrial aspect of the posterior mitral leaflet. (J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992;103:471-4)