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Cardiac myxoma can present with SVT and unilateral pulmonary edema from severe MR requiring surgery.
This case highlights that cardiac myxomas can present unusually with supraventricular tachycardia and unilateral pulmonary edema.
Alerts clinicians to myxoma in SVT with unilateral edema; extends phenotypic spectrum but leaves open need for confirmation.
A 34-year-old man with sudden palpitations, dyspnea, and chest pain was found to have tachycardia and unilateral pulmonary congestion. Intravenous adenosine restored sinus rhythm. Imaging and pathology confirmed an atrial myxoma with severe mitral regurgitation, requiring surgical excision and mitral valve replacement. This case highlights the complex and rare presentations of cardiac myxomas.
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Encarnación-Martínez et al. (2025) studied this question. Cardiac myxoma can present unusually with supraventricular tachycardia and unilateral pulmonary edema due to severe mitral regurgitation, requiring surgical excision.
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