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December 1, 2015
Vol. 78 No. 2 (2012): Cardiac series
https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2012.132

Infective endocarditis or myxoma? Description of a patient with new diagnosis of congestive heart failure

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infective endocarditis, myxoma, intracardiac mass, echocardiography.
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Marzia Testa
SCDU Geriatria e Malattie Metaboliche dell’Osso, Torino, Italy.
Enrico Lombardo
Cardiovascular Rehabilitation-Heart Failure Unit, Ospedale SS Trinità Fossano, Italy.
Enrico Avogadri
SCDU Geriatria e Malattie Metaboliche dell’Osso, Torino, Italy.
Marco Agostini
Cardiosurgery Division, Ospedale S. Croce-Carle Cuneo, Italy.
Giuseppe Forte
Pathology Service, Ospedale S. Croce-Carle Cuneo, Italy.
Salvatore Piccolo
Cardiovascular Rehabilitation-Heart Failure Unit, Ospedale SS Trinità Fossano, Italy.
Mauro Feola
m_feola@virgilio.it
Cardiovascular Rehabilitation-Heart Failure Unit, Ospedale SS Trinità Fossano, Italy.
ABSTRACT: Infective endocarditis (IE) is an inflammatory disease which interests heart endothelium and mostly heart valves. IE is not a uniform disease, but presents in a variety of different forms that makes the diagnosis difficult. Echocardiography is a crucial diagnostic tool for the diagnosis, especially in those patients who have no typical symptoms as in the case here presented, in which the possibility of a myxoma was also considered.

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“Infective Endocarditis or Myxoma? Description of a Patient With New Diagnosis of Congestive Heart Failure”. 2015. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 78 (2). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2012.132.