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Right atrial myxoma presenting with recurrent episodes of pulmonary embolism
1First Department of Internal Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
Cardiology
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
We observed a right atrial myxoma presenting with recurrent episodes of pulmonary embolism, the diagnosis of which was made approximately 2 years after the initial symptoms appeared. We emphasize the importance of prompt recognition and subsequent surgical treatment of cardiac myxoma because embolism by tumor fragments is a potentially fatal complication of this condition.