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Echocardiographic Evaluation of Atrial Communications before Transcatheter Closure
Published on: February 8, 2022
All that attaches to atrial septum is not myxoma: deception is everywhere!
Balaji Arvind1, Saurabh Kumar Gupta1, Sudheer Arava2
1Department of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Abstract:
Preterm neonates - especially those with prolonged duration of intensive care stay - are prone to develop fungal endocarditis. Majority of these children have a stormy course, however, a few may be relatively asymptomatic. Occasionally these vegetations may be large and pedunculated, originating from the atrial septum, mimicking a cardiac myxoma on echocardiography.
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