TY  - JOUR
T1  - Left Atrial Myxoma and Descending Aortic Dissection in a Patient with Cerebrovascular Accident, Incidentally Coexistent Findings
AU - , Maryam Esmaeilzadeh AU - , Azadeh Sadatnaseri AU - , Hossein Azarnik AU - , Ramin Baghaei AU - , Kambiz Mozaffari 
JO  - The Cardiology
VL  - 2
IS  - 1
SP  - 16
EP  - 18
PY  - 2006
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1811-8194
DO  - tcard.2006.16.18
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=tcard.2006.16.18
KW  - Myxoma
KW  -aortic dissection
KW  -echocardiography
AB  - Cardiac myxomas are benign tumors of the heart with a surgical incidence of about 0.5/million
population/year. They usually present during 4th to 6th decades and are more commonly seen in woman. About
75% arise in the Left Atrium (LA), most are single pedunculated, although multiple and villous forms have been
described. Echocardiography has greatly facilitated the diagnosis of cardiac tumors. We report a case of left
atrial myxoma as a source of emboli and incidental finding of localized descending aortic dissection subsequent
a remote traumatic deceleration injury of the thoracic aorta. This is the first case of coexistence LA myxoma and
aortic dissection.
ER  -