title: [Tumour in left atrium diagnosed 6 years after ablation of pulmonary vein ostia and inferior right atrial isthmus: thrombus or myxoma?].
abstract: We present a case of the left atrial myxoma 6 years after atrial fibrillation ablation. The initial diagnosis of the mass revealed on echocardiography was a thrombus. Failure of anticoagulant treatment and transesophageal echocardiography led to diagnosis of myxoma, confirmed intraoperatively and histologically.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Kardiologii, Katedra Kardiologii i Kardiochirurgii, Uniwersytet Medyczny w Łodzi,ul. Sterlinga 1/3, Łódź. katarzyna.piestrzeniewicz@umed.lodz.pl
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Piestrzeniewicz
authors.forename: Radosław
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zwoliński
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maciejewski
authors.forename: Jarosław
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Drożdz
authors.forename: Ryszard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jaszewski
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000925:Anticoagulants; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants