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European Journal of Echocardiography 2008 9(1):123-125; doi:10.1016/j.euje.2007.04.004
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Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2007. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Complete resection of a leiomyosarcoma of the left atrium invading the mitral anterior leaflet and obstructing the mitral orifice

Erdem Türkyilmaz1, Fatih Yilmaz1, Alper Özkan1, Nursen Keles1, Mustafa Saglam1, Osman Karakaya1, Cevat Yakut2 and Cihangir Kaymaz1,*

1 Kosuyolu Heart and Research Hospital, Cardiology Clinic, 34846 Kartal, Istanbul, Turkey
2 Kosuyolu Heart and Research Hospital, Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic, 34846 Kartal, Istanbul, Turkey

Received 7 January 2007; accepted after revision 6 April 2007; online publish-ahead-of-print 9 July 2007.

* Corresponding author. Tel: +90 0216 4594041; fax: +90 0216 4596321. E-mail address: cihangirkaymaz2002{at}yahoo.com


  Abstract

Cardiac leiomyosarcomas are rare and highly invasive malignant tumors. We report a 29-year-old female with mitral stenosis symptomatology due to a left atrial leiomyosarcoma invading mitral anterior leaflet.

Keywords: Cardiac leiomyosarcoma; Left ventricular inflow obstruction; Mitral stenosis


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