Determination of residual mass in left ventricle by intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography after a giant and floating left atrial myxoma resection
Abstract Atrial myxoma is a benign tumor of the heart that occurs primarily in the left atrium. Floating or large left atrial myxomas frequently cause functional mitral stenosis, may also affect mitral valve structure and flow, and lead to mitral regurgitation. Systemic embolization occurs in around...
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Sociedade Brasileira de Anestesiologia
2018-10-01
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| Series: | Revista Brasileira de Anestesiologia |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-70942018000500524&tlng=en |