Left atrial myxoma
by Nanda Navin C

Comprehensive Textbook of Echocardiography

by Navin C Nanda
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This video clip two-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography a huge myxoma is seen occupying almost the whole of the left atrium (LA) with a broad attachment to the atrial septum. Highly reflectile component of the tumor represents calcification. The portion of the tumor protruding into the left ventricle (LV) in diastole is very mobile and because of this, it has a greater potential to embolize as compared with the remaining of the tumor (RA: right atrium; RV: right ventricle).

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