title: Left ventricular myxoma. A case report.
abstract: A 27-year-old woman with a systolic ejection murmur caused by a left ventricular myxoma is described. The diagnosis of this potential fatal condition was made by echocardiography. The clinical differences between atrial and left ventricular myxoma are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of the Orange Free State, Bloemfontein.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Otto
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hough
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009232:Myxoma / Q000473:pathology*