Rapid growth of left atrial myxoma after radiofrequency ablation

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 459-461

  Rubio Alvarez, José ^a   Martinez de Alegria, Anxo ^a   Sierra Quiroga, Juan ^a   Adrio Nazar, Belen ^a   Rubio Taboada, Carola ^a,b   Martinez Comendador, José Manuel ^a,c  

^a University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ELCHE   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation prevention and control; Catheter ablation adverse effects; Diagnosis, differential; Echocardiography, transesophageal; Echocardiography, transthoracic; Heart neoplasms ultrasonography; Myxoma diagnosis surgery; Pulmonary veins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION/PREVENTION & CONTROL; CATHETER ABLATION/ADVERSE EFFECTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSTHORACIC; HEART NEOPLASMS/ULTRASONOGRAPHY; MYXOMA/DIAGNOSIS/SURGERY; PULMONARY VEINS;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL SEPTUM; CATHETER ABLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYXOMA; REOPERATION; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84884925463     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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