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The case of the disappearing myxoma.

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Heitner, JF; Klem, I; Alexander, K; Thomson, L; Meine, TJ; Patel, MR; Haq, SA; Shah, DJ; Kim, RJ
Published in: J Cardiovasc Magn Reson
2005

We present a case demonstrating the utility of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) in the diagnosis of a cardiac mass. A 70-year-old female who presented with chest pressure and left sided jaw pain was found to have a cardiac mass on transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography that was diagnosed as an atrial myxoma. A cardiac magnetic resonance test determined the mass to be more consistent with a thrombus than a myxoma through a stepwise approach using multiple pulse sequences. Thus, unwarranted and potentially risky thoracic surgery was avoided by the incorporation of a systematic evaluation by cardiac MRI.

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Published In

J Cardiovasc Magn Reson

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ISSN

1097-6647

Publication Date

2005

Volume

7

Issue

5

Start / End Page

841 / 843

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Thrombosis
  • Pulmonary Veins
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Myxoma
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Humans
  • Heart Neoplasms
  • Female
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Echocardiography
 

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Heitner, J. F., Klem, I., Alexander, K., Thomson, L., Meine, T. J., Patel, M. R., … Kim, R. J. (2005). The case of the disappearing myxoma. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson, 7(5), 841–843. https://doi.org/10.1080/10976640500288156
Heitner, John F., Igor Klem, Karen Alexander, Louise Thomson, Trip J. Meine, Manesh R. Patel, Salman A. Haq, Dipan J. Shah, and Raymond J. Kim. “The case of the disappearing myxoma.J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 7, no. 5 (2005): 841–43. https://doi.org/10.1080/10976640500288156.
Heitner JF, Klem I, Alexander K, Thomson L, Meine TJ, Patel MR, et al. The case of the disappearing myxoma. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2005;7(5):841–3.
Heitner, John F., et al. “The case of the disappearing myxoma.J Cardiovasc Magn Reson, vol. 7, no. 5, 2005, pp. 841–43. Pubmed, doi:10.1080/10976640500288156.
Heitner JF, Klem I, Alexander K, Thomson L, Meine TJ, Patel MR, Haq SA, Shah DJ, Kim RJ. The case of the disappearing myxoma. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2005;7(5):841–843.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Cardiovasc Magn Reson

DOI

ISSN

1097-6647

Publication Date

2005

Volume

7

Issue

5

Start / End Page

841 / 843

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Thrombosis
  • Pulmonary Veins
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Myxoma
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Humans
  • Heart Neoplasms
  • Female
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Echocardiography