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Cardiac myxomas: causes, presentations, diagnosis, and management

Elio Assaad Saad,Tishya Mukherjee,5 Authors,Tejaswini Ashok

2023 · DOI: 10.1007/s11845-023-03531-2
Irish Journal of Medical Science · 20 Citations

TLDR

This narrative review was to study the variable clinical presentations of cardiac myxoma, its detection and diagnosis involving multiple modalities like genetic and hematological testing, echocardiography, CT, and MRI, of which transoesophageal echocardiogram shows excellent precision with a 90% to 96% accuracy in diagnosing CM.