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Transesophageal echocardiography provides definitive diagnosis and location of rare multiple cardiac myxomas to identify cardioembolic sources in acute cerebrovascular accidents.
Transesophageal echocardiography is a definitive imaging modality for diagnosing and locating rare multiple cardiac myxomas, particularly when evaluating cardioembolic sources in acute CVA.
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May support TEE in acute CVA to detect rare multiple myxomas; leaves open prevalence and management questions.
•Multiple cardiac myxomas are rare, most commonly seen in the left atrium.•Myxomas are most commonly attached on the left atrial side of the interatrial septum.•Echocardiography is key in acute CVA to identify cardioembolic sources.•TEE can provide definitive diagnosis and location of multiple cardiac myxomas.
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Holbert et al. (2019) studied this question. Transesophageal echocardiography provides definitive diagnosis and location of rare multiple cardiac myxomas to identify cardioembolic sources in acute cerebrovascular accidents.
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