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Stress echocardiography: long axis view (baseline). No sign of myxoma in left chamber or in left atrium. LA = left atrium, LV = left ventricle, Ao = Ascending aorta (with kind permission of Dr. Herbst, Potsdam)
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The "baseline" echocardiography and stress echo was unsuspicious of a left atrial myxoma (Fig. 1).
Echocardiography (45 months) long axis view. Myxoma in the left atrium prolapsing into the left ventricle. LV = left ventricle, My = myxoma
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The tumor prolapsed into the left ventricle obstructing the mitral valve orifice (Fig 2).
Right coronary artery (RCA) in 60 degree LAO position (45 months, pre-operative coronary angiography). White arrow = atypical vessels in the interatrial septum
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Right coronary artery (baseline) in 90 degree LAO projection. White arrow = atypical vessels in the interatrial septum
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Left coronary artery (13 months) in 45 degree LAO and 30 degree CRAN projection. White arrow = atypical vessels in the interatrial septum
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