Tricuspid valve myxoma in a patient with congestive heart failure.
Myxomas are the most frequent benign primary cardiac tumours (50% of benign heart tumours). This kind of tumour is most likely to be localized in the left atrium, followed by the right atrium, right ventricle and left ventricle. Quite exceptional is the presence of a myxoma originating from the tricuspid valve or from the Eustachian valve. We describe the case of a woman with moderate dyspnoea of unknown origin and the presence of tricuspid myxoma who underwent tricuspid valve curettage.
Vizzardi
Enrico
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Section of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Applied Experimental Medicine, University Study of Brescia, Brescia, Italy. enrico.vizzardi@tin.it.
D'Aloia
Antonio
A
Chiari
Ermannna
E
Nardi
Matilde
M
Zanini
Gregoriana
G
Cabras
Roberto
R
Faden
Giacomo
G
Maiandi
Cristian
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Cas
Livio Dei
LD