[Huge right atrial myxoma revealed by heart failure].
We report a case of 34 years old female with a diagnosis of a big right Atrial myxoma revealed by echocardiography. The treatment consisted on a surgical excision of the tumour under extra corporal circulation. The patient made a good post-operative recovery. Authors showed the clinical signs of these tumours to be various, and echocardiography to be the definitive diagnosis procedure.
Bendahmane
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Service de chirurgie cardiovasculaire, hôpital militaire d'instruction Mohamed V, avenue Mohamed-Triki-Imm-Taissir B19 Agdal, Rabat, Maroc. bendahmanesoundous@yahoo.fr
Aithoussa
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Zaimi
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Elbakkali
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Wahid
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FA
Boulahya
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el Kirat
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A
D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery