[Association of pulmonary embolism secondary to deep venous thrombosis and left atrial myxoma: case report and review of the literature]

Graziana Labanti; Stefano Urbinati; Alberta Grepioni; Maria Grazia Poci; Giuseppe Pinelli

[Association of pulmonary embolism secondary to deep venous thrombosis and left atrial myxoma: case report and review of the literature]

Ital Heart J Suppl. 2003 Jul;4(7):598-601.

[Article in Italian]

Authors

Graziana Labanti¹, Stefano Urbinati, Alberta Grepioni, Maria Grazia Poci, Giuseppe Pinelli

Affiliation

¹ Struttura Complessa di Cardiologia, Dipartimento Medico-Specialistico, Ospedale Bellaria, Azienda USL Città di Bologna, Bologna. [email protected]

PMID: 14558289

Abstract

Left atrial myxoma is a benign tumor but it has a high prevalence of important complications. We report a case of a 73-year-old man affected by hypertension and chronic atrial fibrillation admitted to our hospital for pulmonary embolism, that resulted associated with a proximal deep venous thrombosis of the right leg and with an unknown left atrial myxoma.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Administration, Oral
Aged
Anticoagulants / administration & dosage
Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
Echocardiography
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Electrocardiography
Fibrinolytic Agents / administration & dosage
Fibrinolytic Agents / therapeutic use
Follow-Up Studies
Heart Atria
Heart Neoplasms / complications*
Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis
Heart Neoplasms / surgery
Heparin / administration & dosage
Heparin / therapeutic use
Humans
Male
Myxoma / complications*
Myxoma / diagnosis
Myxoma / surgery
Postoperative Care
Pulmonary Embolism / complications*
Pulmonary Embolism / diagnosis
Pulmonary Embolism / etiology
Time Factors
Ultrasonography, Doppler
Venous Thrombosis / complications
Venous Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging

Substances

Anticoagulants
Fibrinolytic Agents
Heparin