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2016 Month : December Volume : 5 Issue : 98 Page : 7213-7215A LARGE LEFT ATRIAL MYXOMA - A CASE REPORT
Naba Kumar Pattnaik1, Prasanna Kumar Mishra2
Corresponding Author:
Dr. Naba Kumar Pattnaik,
Plot No. 1211/C, Sector-6 CDA,
Bidanasi, Cuttack-753014.
E-mail: drnkpattnaik.ctvs@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND
Atrial myxomas are the most common primary cardiac tumours. More than 90% of cases are solitary. A large myxoma occupying in the left atrium producing features of mitral stenosis and regurgitation was demonstrated by 2D echocardiographic images in this case. It remained asymptomatic for a long period with survival up to 60 years in an elderly man.
KEYWORDS
Myxoma, Left Atrial, Mitral Valve Obstruction, 2D Echocardiography.