MYXOMA OF THE LEFT VENTRICLE
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Left atrial myxoma impaction of the left ventricle inflow tract.
A 77-year-old woman with chronic atrial fibrillation underwent a routine transthoracic echocardiography that showed a left atrial myxoma. The patient underwent surgery by means of miniinvasive right thoracotomy in fourth intercostal space. Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography showed a dangerous obstruction of the left ventricle inflow as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2. The obstructio...
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Correspondence address: Ulisses Alexandre Croti Hospital de Base – FAMERP – Avenida Brigadeiro Faria Lima, 5544. CEP 15090-000 – São José do Rio Preto – SP Brasil Fone (Fax): 55 17 3201 5025 / 3222 6450 / 9772 6560 E-mail: [email protected] Ulisses Alexandre CROTI, Domingo Marcolino BRAILE, Antônio Soares SOUZA, Patrícia Maluf CURY Rev Bras Cir Cardiovasc 2008; 23(1): 142-144 CLINICAL SURGICAL...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 1963
ISSN: 0022-5223
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(20)31573-7