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Case Reports
. 2022 Jul-Sep;32(3):183-184.
doi: 10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_22_22. Epub 2022 Nov 16.

Dramatic Massive Arterial Embolization from a Left Atrial Myxoma in a Patient with Takotsubo Syndrome

Davide Ermacora  1 , Andrea Comunello  1 , Tommaso Gorgatti  2 , Carmen Ladurner  1 , Roberto Cemin  1
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Dramatic Massive Arterial Embolization from a Left Atrial Myxoma in a Patient with Takotsubo Syndrome

Davide Ermacora et al. J Cardiovasc Echogr. 2022 Jul-Sep.
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(a) MPR CT view (coronal plane) showing the proximal occlusion of left common iliac artery and its distal revascularization through collateral vessels. (b) MPR CT (coronal plane) showing a fragment of embolized myxoma wedged on the iliac carrefour. (c) MPR CT (sagittal plane) showing the occlusion of right popliteal artery right beneath the plane of the knee joint. (d) Axial CT view revealing the occlusion of right internal iliac artery (red arrow). (e) Axial CT view revealing multiple ischemic areas in both kidneys. (f and g) Off-axis 72° TEE view showing a highly mobile left atrial myxomatous mass attached to the cranial portion of interatrial septum next to the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve, pedunculated and protruding in diastole through the mitral annulus (yellow arrow). MPR: Multi-planar reconstruction, CT: Computed tomography, TEE: Transesophageal echocardiography
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