PMID: 11926032Apr 3, 2002Paper

Concomitant left atrial myxoma and atrial fibrillation in patients with peripheral embolism

Italian heart journal. Supplement : official journal of the Italian Federation of Cardiology
Elisabetta CerèGiuseppe Di Pasquale

Abstract

In the present article, 2 cases of left atrial myxoma and peripheral embolism in patients with concomitant paroxysmal or permanent atrial fibrillation are reported. In both cases, the embolic event was considered to be related to atrial fibrillation and the diagnosis of atrial myxoma was established later on at echocardiography. In view of the above, transesophageal echocardiography should be always performed after an embolic event, even in patients with established atrial fibrillation.

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