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Volume 333:1608 December 14, 1995 Number 24
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Right Atrial Tumor

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Figure 1. A right atrial mass was observed in a 42-year-old woman who presented with atrial fibrillation. A four-chamber view of the heart (Panel A) obtained intraoperatively by transesophageal echocardiography, demonstrated a mass in the right atrium (RA) obstructing the right ventricular inflow (RV). An encapsulated cystic rhabdomyoma (9 cm by 6 cm by 3 cm) and attached atrial stalk (Panel B) were excised during hypothermic circulatory arrest. A transesophageal echocardiogram obtained immediately thereafter showed a persistently enlarged right atrium. Two years after the excision of this rare tumor, the right atrial and ventricular dilatation had not resolved, tricuspid . . . [Full Text of this Article]

 

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