title: How Can a Large Left Atrial Myxoma Cause a Selective Mid-Diastolic Right-to-Left Atrial Shunt?
authors.affiliation: Departments of Anesthesiology.
authors.forename: Derek J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: De Vry
authors.affiliation: Departments of Anesthesiology.
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Ferron
authors.affiliation: Departments of Anesthesiology.
authors.forename: Judy R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Kersten
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Surgery, the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.
authors.forename: Zahir A
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Rashid
authors.affiliation: Anesthesia Service, the Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI. Electronic address: pspagel@mcw.edu.
authors.forename: Paul S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Pagel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D054087:Atrial Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D054085:Foramen Ovale / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography
keywords: atrial tumor; diastolic dysfunction; fossa ovalis; myxoma; patent foramen ovale; right ventricular overload; right-heart failure; right-to-left shunt