Left Atrial Myxoma: An Uncommon Cause of Aortic Regurgitation: Echocardiographic Findings
✍ Scribed by Francesco Enia; Gabriella Carmina; Concetta Matassa
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 310 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0091-2751
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✦ Synopsis
Alterations to mitral valve function by left atrial myxoma are well known.' Interference between this tumor and aortic valve function is reported less frequently in the literature and, moreover, the exact mechanism of the interference is not clear.'-3 In this report we describe a case of left atrial myxoma with aortic regurgitation (AR), in which two-dimensional echocardiography showed the likely mechanism of valve incompetence.
CASE REPORT
A 69-year-old male was hospitalized due to congestive heart failure. During the last 10 years, he had been suffering from chronic obstructive lung disease. In several previous admissions heart auscultation had been recorded as normal. He denied episodes of syncope, dizziness, or fever. Physical examination revealed cyanosis, slight peripheral edema, an enlarged liver and rales over both lung bases. A slightly reinforced first