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Left atrial myxoma infected with Streptococcus viridans
J R Dawson1, A Law, P J Oldershaw
1Department of Cardiology, Brompton Hospital, London, U.K.
International Journal of Cardiology
|December 1, 1988
Abstract:
A case is described of Streptococcus viridans endocarditis involving a left atrial myxoma. The diagnosis was made by echocardiography and the infected tumour was successfully treated by surgical removal. A review of the published literature about left atrial myxomas underlines the importance of performing echocardiography in all patients with suspected endocarditis.