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Ann Thorac Surg 2008;85:2162. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.12.060
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Multimodal Imaging Characterization of Intracardiac Thrombus and Myxoma

Farzan Filsoufi, MD, Joanna Chikwe, FRCS-CTh, Javier G. Castillo, MD, Javier Sanz, MD

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Department, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1190 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10029-1028

(Email: farzan.filsoufi@mountsinai.org).

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To the Editor:

We read with interest the article from Sheikh and colleagues [1] reporting on the formation of an atrial mass 3 years after primary repair of an atrial septal defect. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography, as well as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), were apparently highly consistent with an atrial myxoma. However, histologic examination after reoperation and removal of the mass revealed the mass to be an atrial thrombus.

We agree with the authors that preoperatively differentiating between intracardiac myxoma and thrombus may . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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