Future Cardiol. 2010;6(2):181-193. Myxomas are mainly located in the atria (75% in the left and 15–20% in the right) and are attached to the atrial septum, usually in the region of the rim of ...

Fibromas of the heart are connective tissue tumors derived from fibroblasts and are very similar to soft tissue fibromas. These tumors occur at all ages and in both sexes, although they are more ...

Atrial fibrillation is a cardiac arrhythmia in which the upper chambers of the heart the atria beat irregularly and, often, rapidly. The condition occurs as a consequence of uncoordinated ...

Surgical resection remains the definitive treatment [10]. Traditionally, the standard approach for left atrial masses has been full sternotomy. However, in recent years, a minimally invasive approach ...

Unusually it involves the right atrium. 1 The presentation of right atrial myxomas is variable and depends on size, position, mobility of tumour and also on patient body position and physical activity ...

A mass lesion developed in the right atrium at the site of a trans-septal puncture after percutaneous balloon dilatation of the mitral valve in a man aged 74. The lesion had the pathological ...

Pre -contrast black blood turbo spin echo (TSE) T1WI, T2WI, fat saturation T2 (STIR), and retrospective ECG -triggered balanced turbo field echo (steady state free precession) sequences on short and ...

Right sided heart thrombi may develop within the right heart chambers or they may be peripheral venous clots that, on their way to the lungs, accidentally lodge in a patent foramen ovale, tricuspid ...

A 70-year-old man had an episode of dyspnoea followed by syncope 2 months after a stroke. Deep venous thrombosis was found in his right lower extremity by venous Doppler ultrasound. Transoesophageal ...

A comprehensive review of myxoma-related aneurysms detailed the clinical manifestations and imaging characteristics, revealing that aneurysms can manifest years after the cardiac tumour has been ...

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Left and right brains hear speech differently, yet how this divide forms was unclear − until mouse studies showed each hemisphere runs on its own developmental clock.