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Right atrial myxoma: An unusual cause of clinical right heart failure
Moncy Jacob Oommen, Nassar Luqman, Ghazala Kafeel, Terence Chin Kah, Chee Fui Chong
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Abstract
Myxomas are the most common type of primary cardiac tumour with 86% occurring in the left atrium. Right atrial myxomas is far less common. Patients usually present with progressive dyspnoea, fever, weight loss, right-sided heart failure, or pulmonary embolisation. We report the case of a 55-year-old man who presented with progressive dyspnoea and signs of right heart failure secondary to a large right atrial myxoma, which was diagnosed with a bedside transthoracic echocardiogram. This was successfully removed surgically.