The etiology of tumor plop in a patient with huge right atrial myxoma.
In a patient with a large atrial myxoma, the phonocardiographic timing of the tumor plop has been correlated with the two-dimensional echocardiographic motion pattern of the cardiac mass. The tumor plop occurred at the time when the mass stopped its diastolic forward motion into the ventricle and made a strong impact on the interventricular septum and right ventricular posterior wall. Occurrence of tumor plop may require a large mass or long enough tumor stalk to allow the impact of the mass on the ventricular wall.
Keren
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Heiden Department of Cardiology, Bikur Cholim Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
Chenzbruna
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Schuger
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Milgarter
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Tzivoni
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D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006346:Heart Septum; D006801:Humans; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010701:Phonocardiography; D013016:Sound