scholarly journals Gadolinium-DTPA Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis of Left Atrial Myxoma in the Elderly.

1993 ◽  
Vol 30 (11) ◽  
pp. 990-996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hitoshi Koito ◽  
Naohiko Ohkubo ◽  
Yuka Wakayama ◽  
Hisato Nakamori ◽  
Junichi Suzuki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Left Atrial ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Atrial Myxoma ◽  
Resonance Imaging ◽  
Gadolinium Dtpa ◽  
Left Atrial Myxoma

Magnetic resonance imaging and angiography of the brain in embolic left atrial myxoma

1989 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Marazuela ◽  
A. Garc�a-Merino ◽  
M. Yebra ◽  
J. M. Brasa ◽  
J. Diego ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Left Atrial ◽  
Atrial Myxoma ◽  
Resonance Imaging ◽  
Left Atrial Myxoma ◽  
The Brain

Magnetic resonance imaging in the detection of a large left atrial myxoma

2003 ◽  
Vol 115 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Burkhard Sievers ◽  
Dirk Fritzsche ◽  
Regina Bias-Franken ◽  
Ulrich Franken ◽  
Hans-Joachim Trappe
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Left Atrial ◽  
Atrial Myxoma ◽  
Resonance Imaging ◽  
Left Atrial Myxoma

scholarly journals Cerebral embolism due to left atrial myxoma in a patient presenting with chest pain and ST-segment elevation: a case report

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
António Fontes ◽  
Nuno Dias-Ferreira ◽  
Anabela Tavares ◽  
Fátima Neves
Keyword(s):  
Myocardial Infarction ◽  
Chest Pain ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Left Atrial ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Atrial Myxoma ◽  
Left Atrial Myxoma ◽  
St Segment ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
St Elevation

Abstract Background Myocarditis is an uncommon, potentially life-threatening disease that presents with a wide range of symptoms. In acute myocarditis, chest pain (CP) may mimic typical angina and also be associated with electrocardiographic changes, including an elevation of the ST-segment. A large percentage (20–56%) of myxomas are found incidentally. Case summary A 62-year-old female presenting with sudden onset CP and infero-lateral ST-elevation in the electrocardiogram. The diagnosis of ST-elevation myocardial infarction was presumed and administered tenecteplase. The patient was immediately transported to a percutaneous coronary intervention centre. She complained of intermittent diplopia during transport and referred constitutional symptoms for the past 2 weeks. Coronary angiography showed normal arteries. The echocardiogram revealed moderate to severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction due to large areas of akinesia sparing most of the basal segments, and a mobile mass inside the left atrium attached to the septum. The cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) suggested the diagnosis of myocarditis with concomitant left atrial myxoma. The patient underwent resection of the myxoma. Neurological evaluation was performed due to mild vertigo while walking and diplopia in extreme eye movements. The head magnetic resonance imaging identified multiple infracentimetric lesions throughout the cerebral parenchyma compatible with an embolization process caused by fragments of the tumour. Discussion Myocarditis can have various presentations may mimic acute myocardial infarction and CMR is critical to establish the diagnosis. Myxoma with embolic complications requires emergent surgery. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case reported in the applicable literature of a myxoma diagnosed during a myocarditis episode.

P613Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging derived left ventricular mechanical function in patients with atrial fibrillation and left atrial low voltage zones

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
S Ulbrich ◽  
R S Schoenbauer ◽  
B Kirstein ◽  
J Tomala ◽  
Y Huo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽  
Atrial Fibrillation ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Stroke Volume ◽  
Left Atrial ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Left Ventricular Stroke Volume ◽  
Resonance Imaging ◽  
Ventricular Filling

Abstract Background The relation of left atrial low voltage zones (LVZ) to left ventricular function in patients undergoing pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) is not known. Objective To explore the relationship of left atrial low voltage zones (LVZ) on left ventricular function in patients with atrial fibrillation. Methods From June to Nov. 2018, 107 (mean age 67y, 70 men, 73 persistent AF) consecutive patients with symptomatic AF underwent a PVI with LVZ mapping. Before PVI the left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) and stroke volume (SV) were measured by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR). From feature-tracking of CMR-cine images left ventricular global, systolic and diastolic longitudinal strains (GLS), circumferential strains (GCS) and radial strains (GRS) were calculated. Results Of 59 patients CMR scanning in sinus rhythm was performed, LVZ were present in 24 patients. LVEF was significantly lower in patients with left atrial LVZ (62±9% vs. 55±15%) (p=0,03). Left ventricular stroke volume was significantly decreased by the extent of LVZ (94±23 vs. 72±21ml), (p=0,03). The left ventricular diastolic strains during ventricular filling (caused by atrial contraction) of GLS (r=−0,52), GCS (r=−0,65) and GRS (r=−0,65) were highly signifcantly correlated to the occurence and extent of LVZ (each p<0,001 respectively). The only systolic ventricular strain was GLS, which decreased (r=−0,3, p=0,03) by the occurance of atrial low voltage. Conclusion The active, atrial part of diastolic left ventricular filling properties is impaired by the occurrence and extent of left atrial LVZ. In patients with left atrial LVZ the left ventricular stroke volume and ejection fraction is decreased already in sinus rhythm. It seems possible that atrial mechanical dysfunction and presence of atrial low voltage maybe predicted by LV diastolic strain analysis.

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