Key result
Medical management stabilizes a nonagenarian with heart failure from a giant atrial myxoma.
Why the study?
Cardiac myxomas are rarely newly diagnosed in the geriatric population and can present with diverse clinical symptoms including heart failure.
Population
A nonagenarian with suspected giant atrial myxoma presenting with heart failure
Comparison
Medical management
Design
Case report
Authors
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Medical management may be feasible in select nonagenarians with giant atrial myxoma; extends sparse case evidence but leaves open need for prospective data.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights the rare presentation of a giant atrial myxoma in a nonagenarian and its medical management.
Kawall et al. (2020) conducted a case report in Giant atrial myxoma presenting with heart failure (n=1). Medical management was evaluated. Medical management was utilized for a rare case of a giant atrial myxoma in a nonagenarian presenting with heart failure.
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