• European heart journal · Jun 1993

    Case Reports

    Diagnosis of mitral valve myxoma by transesophageal echocardiography.

    • J Zamorano, I Vilacosta, C Almería, A San Román, F Alfonso, and L Sánchez-Harguindey.
    • Department of Cardiology, Hospital Universitario San Carlos, Madrid, Spain.
    • Eur. Heart J. 1993 Jun 1; 14 (6): 862-3.

    AbstractMitral valve myxomas are rare. We report a patient with a mitral myxoma arising from the posterior mitral leaflet in whom transthoracic echocardiography revealed equivocal findings. However, transoesophageal echocardiography provided accurate relevant anatomical information including the size, morphological characteristics, and tumour attachment point.

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