A Late Case of Ischemic Cerebral Event after Resection of a Left Atrial Myxoma.

Case Rep Neurol

Harlem Cardiology, New York, N.Y., USA; New York University, School of Medicine, New York, N.Y., USA.

Published: July 2016

Atrial myxoma is one of the most common primary cardiac tumors reported in the literature. In very rare instances, stroke has been the sequelae after a myxomatous tumor resection. We report this unique case of late ischemic cerebral event in a 46-year-old female some days after resection of a left atrial myxoma.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4924454PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000444388DOI Listing

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