Mobile left ventricular masses with embolic potential, whether myxoma or thrombus, should be surgically resected even in normal functioning hearts.
May prompt surgical consideration for mobile LV masses with embolic risk; leaves open need for prospective validation in normal hearts.
Patient with embolic episode should always be evaluated for cardiac mass. Mass in left ventricular can be a myxoma or thrombus even in a normal functioning heart. In either case, mobile mass with embolic potential should be surgically resected.
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