Vol 16, No 6 (2021)
Case report
Published online: 2021-10-21
84-year-old man with dyspnea, tumor in the left atrium suspected and hiatal hernia of the diaphragm diagnosed
Folia Cardiologica 2021;16(6):394-397.
Abstract
This article discusses the case of an 84-year-old patient who presented to the Clinic of Cardiology due to worsening dyspnoea. The patient’s echocardiogram revealed a tumour in the left atrium, suggestive of myxoma.
Keywords: cardiac tumourmyxoma
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