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Review
. 2001 Feb;85(2):218-22.
doi: 10.1136/heart.85.2.218.

Cardiac tumours: diagnosis and management

L M Shapiro  1
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Review

Cardiac tumours: diagnosis and management

L M Shapiro. Heart. 2001 Feb.
No abstract available

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Figures

Figure 1:
Figure 1:
Macroscopic specimen of an atrial myxoma. Note the irregular, heterogenous, and polypoid nature of the tumour.
Figure 2:
Figure 2:
Transoesophageal echocardiogram showing a left atrial myxoma prolapsing across and obstructing the mitral valve.
Figure 3:
Figure 3:
Transoesophageal echocardiogram (180° therefore left-to-right inversion) showing a left atrial myxoma, again obstructing the mitral valve orifice but also spreading across the fossa ovalis into the right atrium.
Figure 4:
Figure 4:
Transoesophageal images of an aortic papillary fibroelastoma in (left) longitudinal long axis and (right) short axis transverse views.
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