Infective endocarditis: To operate or not to operate?: That's a question that is still unresolved

TO Cheng - International journal of cardiology, 2009 - internationaljournalofcardiology.com
Infective endocarditis is a serious disease with increasing incidence throughout the world in
recent years, especially among the elderly [1–15]. The two commonest predisposing factors …

[HTML][HTML] Atrial myxoma related myocardial infarction: case report and review of the literature

IM Al Zahrani, A Alraqtan, A Rezk, A Almasswary… - Journal of the Saudi …, 2014 - Elsevier
Atrial myxomas are the commonest primary cardiac tumors and usually affect the left atrium.
Patients with atrial myxomas present with intracardiac obstruction, embolization to the …

Left ventricular myxoma causing sudden death

PL Kitchin, P Benson - The American Journal of Forensic …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Sudden cardiac death due to a myxoma is rarely reported in the literature. Cardiac myxomas
are benign tumors of the heart, most frequently located in the left atrium. Left ventricular …

Angina pectoris: First manifestation of a left atrial myxoma

E Imbalzano, G Di Bella… - International …, 2014 - internationaljournalofcardiology.com
Primary cardiac tumors are rare and myxomas are the most common among them. In the
majority of cases myxomas have a benign clinical progress, but it's possible for a coronary …

[PDF][PDF] Cardiac myxoma: a rare cause of acute myocardial infarction

SM Yuan - Turk Gogus Kalp Dama, 2016 - tgkdc.dergisi.org
Background: This study aims to investigate the clinical features of acute myocardial
infarction secondary to cardiac myxoma. Methods: Data source of the study was based on a …

Left atrial myxoma: a rare nonatherosclerotic cause of acute myocardial infarction

RF Arcenas, MI Ali - Case Reports in Cardiology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Myocardial infarction from coronary artery embolism is a very rare but potentially lethal
sequel of left atrial myxoma. Most atrial myxomas causing myocardial infarction are …

[PDF][PDF] A giant myxoma of the left atrium involving the entirety of fossa ovalis: clinical course, diagnosis and treatment

M Parato, M Pierri, L Torraca… - International Journal of …, 2015 - academia.edu
Myxomas are the most common primary cardiac tumors. These tumors have generated
interest due to their variable clinical presentation. Echocardiography is the study of choice …

STEMI and NSTEMI ACS in a 30-year-old patient: An extremely rare complication of a left atrial myxoma

F Bartolomucci, A Tito, EP Navarese… - The Heart Surgery …, 2017 - journal.hsforum.com
Primary cardiac tumors are a rare entity whose incidence in the general population ranges
from 0.0017% to 0.28%. Myxomas represent nearly half of all primary benign cardiac tumors …

[PDF][PDF] Atrial myxomas and different clinical presentations

F Messina, P Romano, S Crosca - International Journal of …, 2016 - researchgate.net
Primary cardiac tumors are rare diseases and myxomas are the most common among them.
Interesting is their heterogeneity in clinical presentation. These differences include silent …

Left atrial myxoma presenting as acute coronary syndrome

G Cannavà, A Currò - International …, 2015 - internationaljournalofcardiology.com
Myxomas are the most common primary cardiac tumors. Most myxomas have a benign
clinical course, but it is possible a coronary embolization, a potentially lethal complication [1 …