Correlation of phono- and apexcardiographic findings with tumor motion in left atrial myxoma.
We have analyzed the genesis of physical signs in a case of prolapsing left atrial myxoma by simultaneous phono-, apex- and M-mode echocardiography. Our findings confirm a direct relationship of tumor movements with notching in the upstroke of the apexcardiogram and with the protodiastolic "tumor plop."
D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007702:Kinetocardiography; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D010701:Phonocardiography