Acute Pulmonary Edema Caused by a Giant Atrial Myxoma
Joint Authors
Margonato, Alberto
Agricola, Eustachio
Marini, Claudia
Fisicaro, Andrea
Slavich, Massimo
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-05-16
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Atrial myxoma is the most common primary cardiac tumor.
Its clinical presentation spreads from asymptomatic incidental mass to serious life-threatening cardiovascular complications.
We report the case of a 44-year-old man with evening fever and worsening dyspnea in the last weeks, admitted to our hospital for acute pulmonary edema.
The cardiac auscultation was very suspicious for mitral valve stenosis, but the echocardiography revealed a huge atrial mass with a diastolic prolapse into mitral valve orifice causing an extremely high transmitral gradient pressure.
Awareness of this uncommon acute presentation of atrial myxoma is necessary for timely diagnosis and prompt surgical intervention.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Fisicaro, Andrea& Slavich, Massimo& Agricola, Eustachio& Marini, Claudia& Margonato, Alberto. 2013. Acute Pulmonary Edema Caused by a Giant Atrial Myxoma. Case Reports in Medicine،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-3.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Fisicaro, Andrea…[et al.]. Acute Pulmonary Edema Caused by a Giant Atrial Myxoma. Case Reports in Medicine No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-3.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Fisicaro, Andrea& Slavich, Massimo& Agricola, Eustachio& Marini, Claudia& Margonato, Alberto. Acute Pulmonary Edema Caused by a Giant Atrial Myxoma. Case Reports in Medicine. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-506878
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-506878