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Myxoma of the Left Ventricle |
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| Authors: | Cipriano Abad José Novoa Antonio Delgado Ana Alonso |
| Affiliation: | Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery (Dr. Abad), Cardiology (Drs. Delgado and Novoa), and Pathology (Dr. Alonso), Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 35010, Spain |
| Abstract: | This report concerns a 69-year-old woman who presented with an asymptomatic myxoma in the left ventricle. The tumor was successfully excised. We provide a very brief review of 72 other published cases of surgically treated left ventricular myxoma. |
| Keywords: | Adult cardiopulmonary bypass echocardiography transesophageal echocardiography transthoracic female heart neoplasms/surgery heart ventricles/pathology myxoma/surgery |