2020, Number 3
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Cir Card Mex 2020; 5 (3)
Cardiac tumor of infrequent location. A case report
Ferreyro-Espinosa K, Ortega-Zhindón DB, Salazar-Hernández I, Aguilar-Alapisco K, Ramírez-Castañeda S, Flores-Calderón O
Language: English
References: 8
Page: 100-102
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ABSTRACT
Primary cardiac tumors are uncommon, with a general
incidence of 0.0017% to 0.27% of the series. Seventy-five
percent are benign and 25% correspond to malignant tumors.
Myxoma is the most common primary tumor in
adults. The left atrium is the most common location. We
present a 17-year-old female with a diagnosis of a tumor
on the left ventricle outflow tract, with successful
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