RAPID GROWTH OF A LEFT ATRIAL-MYXOMA - SERIAL 2-DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC OBSERVATION OVER 18 MONTHS

Authors
IGA K IZUMI C KONISHI T
Citation
K. Iga et al., RAPID GROWTH OF A LEFT ATRIAL-MYXOMA - SERIAL 2-DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC OBSERVATION OVER 18 MONTHS, International journal of cardiology, 61(1), 1997, pp. 85-87
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
International journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01675273
Volume
61
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
85 - 87
Database
ISI
SICI code
0167-5273(1997)61:1<85:RGOALA>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
We encountered a patient with rapid progressing left atrial myxoma in whom two-dimensional echocardiography was serially obtained over eight een months. The horizontal and longitudinal diameters showed a linear 2.5 fold increase, while the size of the base attached to the left atr ial wall remained unchanged. Therefore, the last echocardiogram obtain ed just before surgery showed the characteristic pendular motion of le ft atrial myxoma. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.