A rare cause of severe mitral stenosis and reversible pulmonary hypertension
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Eduard Guasch; Manel Azqueta; Margarida Pujol-López; Rodolfo San Antonio; Eduardo Flores-Umanzor
- Source
- Echocardiography. 34:1544-1545
- Subject
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Delayed Diagnosis
Hypertension, Pulmonary
Physical examination
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Diagnosis, Differential
Heart Neoplasms
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Internal medicine
medicine
Humans
Mitral Valve Stenosis
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
cardiovascular diseases
030212 general & internal medicine
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Myxoma
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Pulmonary hypertension
Stenosis
Echocardiography
cardiovascular system
Etiology
Cardiology
Left Atrial Myxoma
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 0742-2822
Myxoma is a rare cause of severe mitral stenosis. We describe a challenging case of severe mitral stenosis and reversible pulmonary hypertension produced by a giant left atrial myxoma. The greatest risk is a diagnostic delay due to focus on discarding a pulmonary etiology of dyspnea. Physical examination and early echocardiographic assessment are the keys to avoid overlooking this uncommon pathology.