title: Left atrial myxoma presenting with embolism to the aorta.
abstract: We present a patient with left atrial myxoma embolizing to the ascending aorta. The features have not been reported previously and were diagnosed with transesophageal echocardiography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ponduri
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alam
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Keohane
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jafri
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Paone
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating