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Echocardiography in Left Atrial Myxoma: Relation to the Findings in Mitral Stenosis
Author(s) -
Dadd M. J.,
Wilcken D. E. L.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1972.tb03920.x
Subject(s) - medicine , stenosis , left atrial myxoma , myxoma , cardiology , mitral valve stenosis , mitral valve , radiology , left atrium , atrial fibrillation
Summary: A pre‐operative diagnosis of left atrial myxoma was made in a 49‐year‐old woman in whom echo‐cardiograms suggested mitral stenosis but the physical signs were not in accord with this diagnosis. The findings on echocardiography were compared with observations in 15 normal subjects and 50 consecutive patients with mitral stenosis coming to valvotomy. Correlations between angiocardiograms and echograms in this patient contribute to an understanding of the mechanisms responsible for the altered mitral valve leaflet reflections invariably found with echocardiography in patients with mitral stenosis.