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Utility of Transesophageal Echocardiography in Diagnosis of a Left Atrial Myxoma with Regional Pulmonary Venous Obstruction
Author(s) -
VARGASBARRÓN JESÚS,
ESPÍNOLAZAVALETA NILDA,
RODRÍGUEZCUERVO JORGE,
SANDOVALZÁRATE JULIO,
BIALOSTOZKY DAVID,
MARTÍNEZSÁNCHEZ CARLOS,
KEIRNS CANDACE,
CARDENAS ANGEL ROMERO
Publication year - 1997
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.1540-8175.1997.tb00703.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , pulmonary vein , left atrium , myxoma , left atrial myxoma , pulmonary edema , radiology , lung , atrial fibrillation
A case of a 57‐year‐old patient with regional pulmonary edema secondary to obstruction of the right lower pulmonary vein by a left atrial myxoma is described. Diagnosis was established by transesophageal echocardiography.