Atrial Myxoma: histological Confirmation

Atrial myxoma is uncommon, with an overall prevalence in the developed world of 0.02%.1 It is often undiagnosed until complications such as cardiac death or stroke occur. The incidence of primitive tumours of the heart at autopsy is between 0.0017% and 0.03%, and of these 50% are myxomas. 12 We desc...

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Main Authors: Ngow, Harris Abdullah, Wan Mohd Nowalid, Wan Khairina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Journal of the Asia Pacific Heart Association, BMJ Publishing 2011
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