European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access originally published online on March 11, 2008
European Journal of Echocardiography 2008 9(4):595-597; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen111
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Left atrial myxoma prolapsing through the foramen ovale
Cardiovascular Institute, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, C/ Prof. Martin Lagos s/n, CP 28040 Madrid, Spain
Received 14 December 2007; accepted after revision 9 February 2008; online publish-ahead-of-print 11 March 2008.
* Corresponding author. Tel: +34 91 3303290; fax: +34 91 3303293. E-mail address: jjgferrer11{at}yahoo.es
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Very few cases have been reported of left atrial myxoma prolapsing through foramen ovale into the right atrium. This is the case of a 32-year-old woman with exertional dyspnoea and with an echocardiogram that showed a large myxoma protruding in both atriums.
Keywords: Myxoma