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Echocardiography is the simplest and most reliable diagnostic method for the early detection of familial atrial myxomas.
Echocardiography is a simple and reliable method for the early diagnosis of familial atrial myxomas.
Supports echocardiography screening in at-risk families; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
The familial variant of cardiac myxoma is known to be an autosomally dominant disease. Early diagnosis, and removal of the tumours, are of great importance. In this regard, echocardiography is considered the simplest and most reliable diagnostic method. We report our experience with echocardiographic diagnosis of a family with atrial myxomas.
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Pin Sun (2008) studied this question. Echocardiography is the simplest and most reliable diagnostic method for the early detection of familial atrial myxomas.
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