Functional paraganglioma in the right atrium
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(Figure 1g–1i). The patient fully recovered and was discharged on postoperative day 7 with a normal blood pressure. At the 6-month follow-up, the patient was still free of symptoms and catecholamine metabolites were normal. Intra-atrial paraganglioma is an extremely rare and functional primary cardiac neoplasm, and our experience suggests multimodality evaluations and complete surgical removal be performed.
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دوره 19 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2018