A case of large atrial myxoma presenting as an acute stroke

• Ngā kaituhi matua: Praneet Iyer (Author), Myo Myo Aung (Author), Muhammad Umer Awan (Author), Charles Kososky (Author), Kulpreet Barn (Author)
• Hōputu: Pukapuka
• I whakaputaina: Greater Baltimore Medical Center, 2016-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Ngā marau: article
• Urunga tuihono: Connect to this object online.

Left atrial myxomas are rare primary cardiac tumors. Their incidence is estimated to be about 0.1% of total cases. Neurological complications resulting from cardiac myxomas are seen in 20-35% of patients. Transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) is preferred over transthoracic echocardiogram for evaluat...