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Cardiology Letters 2019, 28(6):239-241

Left ventricular mass: myxoma or thrombus

Artemiou P, Gasparovic I, Hulman M
Medical Faculty of the Comenius University, National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Clinic of Cardiac Surgery, Bratislava, Slovakia

In this case report a 43-year-old male patient presented with symptoms of embolic right leg ischemia. Transthoracic echocardiography showed a left ventricular mass present toward the apex attached to the interventricular septum with the presumptive diagnosis of myxoma. He underwent a successful removal of the tumor through the mitral valve via the transeptal approach. Histology showed mixed thrombus. Figure 3, Ref. 24, on-line full text (Free, PDF) www.cardiologyletters.sk

Keywords: left ventricular mass; transeptal approach; myxoma; thrombus

Published: June 1, 2019  Show citation

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Artemiou P, Gasparovic I, Hulman M. Left ventricular mass: myxoma or thrombus. Cardiology Letters. 2019;28(6):239-241.
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