Organized Granulation Tissue Mimicking Left Atrial Myxoma Recurrence
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Organized granulation tissue mimicking left atrial myxoma recurrence.
A 64-year-old woman presented to clinic with 2 months of episodic chest tightness at rest, which would last several minutes before spontaneous resolution. Her pertinent medical history included tobacco abuse, hypertension, and hypothyroidism. In addition, she had resection of a left atrial myxoma in the year 2000, after she presented with similar chest discomfort. That procedure involved resect...
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عنوان ژورنال: Circulation
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0009-7322,1524-4539
DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.111.033167