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PART 10: Disorders of the Cardiovascular System
SECTION 5   Vascular Disease

240 Tumors and Trauma of the Heart
Eric H. Awtry / Wilson S. Colucci

Figure 240-1  Transthoracic echocardiogram demonstrating a large atrial myxoma. The myxoma (Myx) fills the entire left atrium in systole (panel A) and prolapses across the mitral valve and into the left ventricle (LV) during diastole (panel B). RA, ri ...
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Figure 240-2  Cardiac MRI demonstrating a rounded mass (M) within the left atrium (LA). Pathologic evaluation at the time of surgery revealed it to be an atrial myxoma. LV, left ventricle; RA, right atrium; RV, right ventricle.
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