Transesophageal echocardiography is useful in diagnosing left atrial myxoma causing regional pulmonary venous obstruction.
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May aid TEE diagnosis of LA myxoma with regional PV obstruction; hypothesis-generating for broader use.
A case of a 57-year-old patient with regional pulmonary edema secondary to obstruction of the right lower pulmonary vein by a left atrial myxoma is described. Diagnosis was established by transesophageal echocardiography.
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