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(Chest. 1969;56:162-165.)
© 1969 American College of Chest Physicians

Cineangiocardiographic Visualization of a Left Atrial Myxoma

Cesar A. Vera M.D.1; Charles P. Bailey M.D., F.C.C.P.2; and Louis F. Bishop M.D., F.C.C.P.3

1 Assistant Director of the Cardiovascular Laboratory and Assistant Attending Cardiologist, St. Barnabas Hospital, Bronx, New York
2 Director, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, St. Barnabas Hospital, Bronx, New York
3 Senior Board of Cardiologists, St. Barnabas Hospital, Bronx, New York

A case in which a left atrial myxoma was diagnosed during life and successfully removed at open heart surgery is described. Diagnosis was made possible by the existence of a high index of suspicion applied to a patient with clinical findings of obstructive mitral valvular disease who presented certain atypical features. The routine use of left ventriculography (RAO) is urged in patients undergoing hemodynamic studies on a presumptive diagnosis of mitral stenosis. This enables one to evaluate the mobility of the mitral valve and sometimes to delineate the left atrial chamber by means of a "Whiff" of regurgitation.






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