Key result
Mitral valve myxoma causes fatal embolic stroke in a 56-year-old man awaiting emergency surgery.
Case Report (n=1)
Supports urgent resection for mitral myxomas; leaves open optimal preoperative risk mitigation.
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Fabijanić et al. (2022) conducted a case report in Cardiac myxoma (n=1). Cardiac myxoma was evaluated on Clinical outcome. A cardiac myxoma attached to the mitral valve caused sudden death due to an embolic stroke in a 56-year-old man awaiting emergency surgery.
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