An unusual presentation of atrial myxoma

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2014, Pages e156-e158

  Anpalakhan, Shaemala ^a   Ramasamy, Dewi ^b   Fan, Kin Sing ^b  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b Gleneagles Intan Medical Centre   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Atrial myxoma; Heart failure; Proteinuria

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ATRIAL SEPTECTOMY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; COUGHING; DIASTOLIC HEART MURMUR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART SURGERY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; LEG SWELLING; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PROTEINURIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS; HEART ATRIUM; HEART FAILURE; HEART NEOPLASMS; MYXOMA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MYXOMA; PROTEINURIA;

EID: 84908277487     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11622/smedj.2014145     Document Type: Article

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