An unusual cause of sudden death: Cardiac myxoma

Tuerkmen N., Eren B., Fedakar R., ÇOMUNOĞLU N.

ADVANCES IN THERAPY, cilt.24, sa.3, ss.529-532, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 24 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2007
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/bf02848775
  • Dergi Adı: ADVANCES IN THERAPY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.529-532
  • Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Primary tumors of the heart are rare; the most common cardiac tumor is atrial myxoma. Sudden death may occur in patients with atrial myxoma, tumor embolization, or obstruction of blood flow at the mitral or tricuspid valve. This report describes an unusual cause of sudden death and the autopsy findings for a 73-year-old man with left atrial myxoma.