title: [Left atrial myxoma in a patient with heart failure after myocardial infarction - a case report].
abstract: A case of a 54-year-old male patient with left atrial myxoma, coronary heart disease, heart failure and multiple cardiovascular risk factors is described. The patient did not present typical symptoms of myxoma. Diagnosis and treatment of cardiac myxoma as well as the importance of echocardiographic examination in every patient with decompensated chronic heart failure are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Instytut Kardiologii, Warszawa.
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Detko-Barczyńska
authors.forename: Rafał
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dabrowski
authors.forename: Alicja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kraska
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Szwed
mesh_terms: D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006325:Heart Atria; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery