Systemic embolism and septic shock complicated left atrial myxoma: case report.
Myxoma is the most common primary tumor of the heart. The rarity of infected cardiac myxomas leads to numerous diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties. We present a case of infected left atrial myxoma caused by methicillin-sensible Staphylococcus aureus in a 48-year-old woman complicated by systemic embolism and septic shock.
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Service de Cardiologie, Hôpital Farhat Hached, 4000 Sousse, Tunisia.
Bouraoui
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Garbaa
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Mahdhaoui
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A
Ben Rhomdane
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Ernez-Hajri
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Jeridi
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