title: An unusual presentation of atrial myxoma.
abstract: Myxomas are uncommon primary cardiac tumours that usually affect the left atrium. We herein report the case of a patient who presented with right heart failure and proteinuria, leading to the diagnosis of atrial myxoma. Surgical resection resulted in resolution of the patient's symptoms.
authors: Shaemala
authors: S
authors: Anpalakhan
authors: Department of Cardiology, Gleneagles Intan Hospital, Kuala Lumpur 50450, Malaysia. dewiramasamy@hotmail.com.
authors: Dewi
authors: D
authors: Ramasamy
authors: Kin Sing
authors: KS
authors: Fan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D011507:Proteinuria / Q000175:diagnosis
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