Left ventricular myxoma: echocardiographic diagnosis and review of the literature.
A 33 year old man with the findings of mild aortic stenosis had an echocardiographic diagnosis of left ventricular myxoma prolapsing through the aortic valve during each ventricular systole. The M-mode echocardiogram, B-scan ultrasonogram and angiograms of this patient are presented. The clinical characteristics in all the reported cases of left ventricular myxomas are reviewed.
D000328:Adult; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D004452:Echocardiography; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis*