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ArticleCureus2023

Atypical Presentation of a Right Atrial Myxoma.

Guarina Molina, Rafael Contreras, Melissa Alvarez, Jason Goodman, Arshad Yekta

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Guarina MolinaInternal Medicine, Danbury Hospital, Danbury, USA.
Rafael ContrerasInternal Medicine, Danbury Hospital, Danbury, USA.
Melissa AlvarezCardiology, Danbury Hospital, Danbury, USA.
Jason GoodmanCardiology, Danbury Hospital, Danbury, USA.
Arshad YektaCardiology, Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk, USA.
Danbury Hospital · USNorwalk Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary cardiac tumors are exceptionally rare and predominantly located in the left atrium with occasional involvement on the right side of the heart. We present the case of a 52-year-old man who presented with chest pain, leading to suspicion of acute coronary syndrome. However, further investigation revealed a right atrial tumor measuring 6.3 cm. After surgical removal, the pathology analysis of the mass confirmed the histology of myxoma. Differential diagnoses for atrial myxomas include thrombus and other tumors, such as rhabdomyomas. More than half of these tumors arise in the left atrium and may be complicated by neurologic symptoms secondary to embolization. Right atrial myxomas are rare and described in the literature with a myriad of symptoms (signs of right heart failure [i.e., fatigue, peripheral edema, hepatomegaly, ascites], a diastolic murmur, and symptoms of pulmonary emboli). In other cases, they may be asymptomatic. Due to the low incidence and variety in their clinical picture, careful documentation of these cases is suggested for early recognition and directed management.

Indexed as

cardiac tumor in adultscardiothoracic & vascular surgerypathology slidesright atrial myxomasurgical case reports

Identifiers

PMID38022078
PMCPMC10646150
OpenAlexW4387670828

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