title: [Right atrial myxoma: echocardiographic diagnosis and review of the literature. Description of a clinical case].
abstract: Two-dimensional echocardiography is the method of first choice for diagnosing right atrial myxoma. A case of right atrial myxoma, documented by two-dimensional echocardiography, is here presented. Two-dimensional echocardiography allows accurate assessment of, tumor size, site of attachment, mobility and consistency. This non-invasive technique has replaced angiocardiography in the routine preoperative evaluation of these cases. The myxomatous nature of the mass was confirmed at surgery.
authors.affiliation: Ospedale Generale Provinciale di Sondrio U.S.S.L. 22, Divisione di Cardiologia e Unità Coronarica.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cucchi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ferrara
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Stiglich
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Di Lorenzo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Mixoma atriale destro: diagnosi ecocardiografica e revisione della letteratura. Descrizione di un caso clinico.