Why the study?
Cardiac myxoma is the most common primary benign cardiac tumor, but it can cause life-threatening complications due to embolization.
Population
One 64-year-old male patient with STEMI, giant right atrial myxoma, and PFO
Design
Case report
Authors
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Rare right atrial myxoma may cause paradoxical STEMI via PFO; leaves open optimal combined interventional-surgical strategies.
A right atrial myxoma combined with a PFO can cause STEMI via paradoxical embolization, highlighting the value of emergency echocardiography in acute coronary syndrome.
Vondran et al. (2022) studied this question.
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