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. 2020 Feb 18;4(2):1–6. doi: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytaa026
Day 1 Admission to the emergency department for acute heart failure, evidence of bi-atrial masses at the urgent ultrasound scan.
Day 2 Transthoracic echocardiography: confirmation of bi-atrial masses.
Day 3 Transoesophageal echocardiography: vacuolated and inhomogeneous areas, cardiac myxomas are suspected.
Day 5 Computed tomography evaluation: morphologically compatible with myxomas, but they did not enhance iodine contrast agent as a typical thrombus behaviour.
Day 6 Contrast echocardiography: mild late contrast enhancement of left atrial mass suggesting the diagnostic hypothesis of bilateral myxomas.
Day 9 Surgical resection: inspection of the masses was suggestive for neoplastic origin.
Day 11 Histological examination: aspect of vascularized thrombotic material.