title: A giant left atrial myxoma.
abstract: Atrial myxomas are the most common primary cardiac tumors. Patients with left atrial myxomas generally present with mechanical obstruction of blood flow, systemic embolization, and constitutional symptoms. We present a case of an unusually large left atrial myxoma discovered incidentally in a patient with longstanding dyspnea being managed as bronchial asthma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, 703 Main Street, Paterson, NJ 07503, USA.
authors.forename: Medhat F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Zaher
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, 703 Main Street, Paterson, NJ 07503, USA.
authors.forename: Sharad
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bajaj
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, 703 Main Street, Paterson, NJ 07503, USA.
authors.forename: Mirette
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Habib
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, 703 Main Street, Paterson, NJ 07503, USA.
authors.forename: Emile
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Doss
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, 703 Main Street, Paterson, NJ 07503, USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Habib
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, 703 Main Street, Paterson, NJ 07503, USA.
authors.forename: Mahesh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bikkina
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, 703 Main Street, Paterson, NJ 07503, USA.
authors.forename: Fayez
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-0857-7739
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shamoon
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Staten Island University Hospital, 475 Seaview Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10305, USA.
authors.forename: Wissam N
authors.initials: WN
authors.lastname: Hoyek