Open AccessDelay in diagnosis of right atrial myxoma
Author(s) -
Northcote R. J.,
Ballantyne D.,
Sethia B.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.4960080208
Subject(s) - medicine , intracardiac injection , myxoma , radionuclide angiography , right heart , radiology , right atrial myxoma , cardiology , left atrial myxoma , abnormality , atrial myxoma , angiography , left atrium , heart failure , ejection fraction , atrial fibrillation , psychiatry
Clinical, echocardiographic, and nuclear angiographic findings in a 51‐year‐old woman who presented with a history of dyspnea are discussed. Initial echocardiography revealed no abnormality. However, a subsequent radionuclide angiogram revealed a filling defect on the right side of the heart. This represented a right atrial myxoma. Radionuclide angiography can provide a useful noninvasive tool in the diagnosis of intracardiac tumors when echocardiography has not been helpful.