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. 1979 Nov;42(5):608–610. doi: 10.1136/hrt.42.5.608

Calcified left atrial myxoma with floppy mitral valve.

G P Sharratt, M L Grover, J L Monro
PMCID: PMC482209  PMID: 518787

Abstract

A heavily calcified left atrial myxoma in a man aged 53 was diagnosed from the plain chest x-ray film and confirmed by echocardiography. There was also moderate mitral regurgitation caused by a floppy mitral valve. Before a systemic embolus is considered to have arisen from a floppy mitral valve, echocardiography must be performed.

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