Left atrial myxoma masquerading as viral flu.
Atrial myxoma is a rare cardiac tumor that may be diagnosed incidentally on cardiac imaging or may present with life-threatening cardiac symptoms. We present a case of giant left atrial myxoma that presented as a flulike illness.
Division of Cardiology, Hartford Hospital, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford.
Ossama
O
Elsaid
Division of Cardiology, Hartford Hospital, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford.
Lovely
L
Chhabra
Division of Cardiology, Hartford Hospital, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford.
Francis
F
Kiernan
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