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Delay 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.

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