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Document Details : Title: Angina pectoris as first manifestation of a huge biatrial myxoma Author(s): K. Alexiou , M. Wilbring , K. Matschke Journal: Acta Cardiologica Volume: 64 Issue: 5 Date: 2009 Pages: 667-668 DOI: 10.2143/AC.64.5.2042698 Abstract : A 73-year-old woman with a history of atrial fibrillation suffered from exertional chest pain and discrete dyspnoea. Cardiac catherization showed a vascular malformation in the atria, fed from vessels of the circumflex and left descending coronary artery. Echocardiography detected a biatrial tumour (13.7 x 9.7 cm). The tumour mass was completely removed and histologic examination revealed a biatrial myxoma with extensive vascular lesions which apparently induced angina by coronary steal effect. |
