title: Fortuitous discovery of a left atrial myxoma following acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: Routine echocardiography following acute myocardial infarction revealed a large totally asymptomatic left atrial myxoma. One year after excision of the myxoma and coronary artery by-pass grafting, the patient remains well.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis