Large left atrial myxoma presented as fever of unknown origin: a challenging diagnosis and a review of the literature

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 365-367

  Gavrielatos, Gerasimos ^a   Letsas, Konstantinos P ^a   Pappas, Loukas K ^a   Dedeilias, Panagiotis ^a   Sioras, Elias ^a   Kardaras, Fotis ^a  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atrial myxoma; Fever; Transthoracic echocardiography

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MYXOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36048948624     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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