Fast growth rate of a right atrial myxoma

ABSTRACT Primary cardiac tumors are rare, with an incidence between 0.0017 and 0.19%, and are asymptomatic in up to 72% of cases. Approximately 75% of tumors are benign, and nearly 50% of these are myxomas. Concerning location, 75% of myxomas are in the left atrium, 15 to 20% in the right atrium, an...

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Main Authors: Douglas Mesadri Gewehr, Alan Neiverth, Marcela Santos Cavalcanti, Thiago Ceschin Maestri, Semi Haurani, Fernando Bermudez Kubrusly, Luiz Fernando Kubrusly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein 2022-03-01
Series:Einstein (São Paulo)
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-45082022000100508&lng=en&tlng=en