Case 37-1972

Presentation of Case A 36-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of dyspnea. There was a history of frequent sore throats and questionable scarlet fever in childhood, and she was told in early adolescence that she had a heart murmur. She remained active and free of symptoms until she underwent pregnancy 13 and 10 years before entry, complicated by persistent morning sickness and fatigue. Thereafter she did her housework and held a part-time job. Six years before admission there was the abrupt onset of dyspnea on climbing one flight of stairs or walking three blocks, accompanied by two-pillow orthopnea. . . .

[1]  E. Craige,et al.  Left atrial myxoma. diagnosis with the help of the phonocardiogram and apexcardiogram. , 1972, Archives of internal medicine.

[2]  R. Shabetai,et al.  Asymmetrical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Simulating Mitral Stenosis , 1972, Circulation.

[3]  L. Becker,et al.  Left atrial myxoma; evidence of tumor movement by apexcardiogram. , 1971, Chest.

[4]  Morton E. Tavel,et al.  Clinical phonocardiography and external pulse recording , 1971 .

[5]  Benjamin Castleman,et al.  Case 48-1970 , 1970 .

[6]  J. Bristow,et al.  Atrial myxoma, a continuing diagnostic challenge. , 1969, The American journal of cardiology.

[7]  Schattenberg Tt.  Echocardiographic diagnosis of left atrial myxoma. , 1968 .

[8]  B. Pitt,et al.  Myxoma of the Left Atrium: Hemodynamic and Phonocardiographic Consequences of Sudden Tumor Movement , 1967, Circulation.

[9]  H. Feigenbaum,et al.  The apex cardiogram and its relationship to haemodynamic events within the left heart. , 1965, British heart journal.

[10]  J. F. Dammann,et al.  Cor Triatriatum as a Problem of Adult Heart Disease , 1965, Circulation.

[11]  J. Goodwin.  Diagnosis of left atrial myxoma. , 1963, Lancet.

[12]  W. Abelmann,et al.  The spectrum of pure mitral stenosis. Hemodynamic studies in relation to clinical disability. , 1962, The American journal of cardiology.

[13]  O. Abbott,et al.  Primary tumors and pseudotumors of the heart. , 1962, Annals of surgery.

[14]  D. Warkentin,et al.  Myxoma of the Left Atrium: Phonocardiographic Study of Three Cases , 1962, Circulation.

[15]  H. Aldridge,et al.  MYXOMA OF THE LEFT ATRIUM , 1961, British heart journal.

[16]  P. Wood.  An Appreciation of Mitral Stenosis—I* , 1954 .