Demographic and clinical features of atrial myxomas: A case series analysis.
Rafael García CarreteroBlanca Beamonte VelaGabriel Martínez-QuesadaBlanca San Jose MontanoPublished in: Acute cardiac care (2018)
Cardiac myxomas are uncommon, benign tumors, predominantly located in the left atrium and mainly affecting middle-aged and elderly male patients. Congestive heart failure, stroke, and systemic symptoms, although misleading and nonspecific, are the most frequent forms of clinical presentation.
Keyphrases
- heart failure
- atrial fibrillation
- end stage renal disease
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- left ventricular
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- middle aged
- coronary artery
- vena cava
- left atrial
- catheter ablation
- patient reported outcomes
- pulmonary embolism
- pulmonary hypertension
- sleep quality
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- brain injury
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- drug induced
- patient reported