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Infected Myxomas:Report of a Case and Review of the Literature
Author(s) -
VILACOSTA ISIDRE,
ZAMORANO JOSÉ,
RAMOS JOSÉ MANUEL,
ROMÁN JOŚE ALBERTO SAN,
CAMINO ASUNCIÓN,
ROCA VICTOR,
CASTAÑÓN JOSÉ,
GIL MANUEL
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1994.tb01042.x
Subject(s) - myxoma , medicine , bacteremia , complication , atrial myxoma , cardiac tumors , left atrium , radiology , surgery , cardiology , atrial fibrillation , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Myxomas, the most common primary cardiac tumors, rarely become infected. This report describes a patient with a right atrial myxoma and a very unusual and life‐threatening complication: infection with resultant bacteremia. The few cases reported in the literature are reviewed. The relevance of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in the diagnosis and assessment of atrial masses is emphasized.