Key result
Echocardiography revealed an atrial myxoma attached to the interatrial septum with partial prolapse obstructing mitral-valve inflow in a 47-year-old woman with exertional dyspnea.
Population
47-year-old woman presenting with exertional dyspnea and orthopnea
Design
Case_report
Authors
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Reminds clinicians to consider myxoma in unexplained dyspnea; this case extends documented presentations but leaves practice implications open.
A case report demonstrating the use of echocardiography to diagnose an atrial myxoma causing mitral-valve inflow obstruction.
Ali et al. (2018) studied this question. Echocardiography revealed an atrial myxoma attached to the interatrial septum with partial prolapse obstructing mitral-valve inflow in a 47-year-old woman with exertional dyspnea.
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