Unusual cause of an ejection murmur: Myxoma in the left ventricular outflow tract

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1742.e13-1742.e15

  Rao, Rajeev V ^a   Walsh, Sam ^b   Chan, Vincent ^a   Stadnick, Ellamae ^a   Sohmer, Benjamin ^a   Veinot, John P ^c   Chan, Kwan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERFLUTREN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT MYXOMA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HEART TUMOR; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; THORAX PAIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MYXOMA; PATHOLOGY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; MYXOMA; SYSTOLIC MURMURS; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 84888269317     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2013.07.799     Document Type: Article

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