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==Key EKG Finding in Myxoma==
==Key EKG Finding in Myxoma==


* Electrocardiographic findings on cardiac myxoma are nonspecific and often normal.<ref name="pmid9578352">{{cite journal |vauthors=Goswami KC, Shrivastava S, Bahl VK, Saxena A, Manchanda SC, Wasir HS |title=Cardiac myxomas: clinical and echocardiographic profile |journal=Int. J. Cardiol. |volume=63 |issue=3 |pages=251–9 |year=1998 |pmid=9578352 |doi= |url=}}</ref>  
* Electrocardiographic findings on cardiac myxoma are nonspecific and often normal.<ref name="pmid9578352">{{cite journal |vauthors=Goswami KC, Shrivastava S, Bahl VK, Saxena A, Manchanda SC, Wasir HS |title=Cardiac myxomas: clinical and echocardiographic profile |journal=Int. J. Cardiol. |volume=63 |issue=3 |pages=251–9 |year=1998 |pmid=9578352 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
* EKG may reflect the hemodynamic alterations that result from tumor size, such as atrial overload or [[ventricular hypertrophy]].<ref name="pmid7477198">{{cite journal |vauthors=Reynen K |title=Cardiac myxomas |journal=N. Engl. J. Med. |volume=333 |issue=24 |pages=1610–7 |year=1995 |pmid=7477198 |doi=10.1056/NEJM199512143332407 |url=}}</ref>  
* EKG may reflect the hemodynamic alterations that result from tumor size, such as atrial overload or [[ventricular hypertrophy]].<ref name="pmid7477198">{{cite journal |vauthors=Reynen K |title=Cardiac myxomas |journal=N. Engl. J. Med. |volume=333 |issue=24 |pages=1610–7 |year=1995 |pmid=7477198 |doi=10.1056/NEJM199512143332407 |url=}}</ref>
* Moreover, [[cardiac rhythm]] tends to be normal sinus ([[NSR]]) and [[atrial fibrillation]] is uncommon.
* Moreover, [[cardiac rhythm]] tends to be normal sinus ([[NSR]]) and [[atrial fibrillation]] is uncommon.
* According to tumor location, long-term  electrocardiographic monitoring may demonstrate supraventricular arrhythmias in atrial tumors and ventricular arrhythmias in ventricular tumors.<ref name="pmid7477198">{{cite journal |vauthors=Reynen K |title=Cardiac myxomas |journal=N. Engl. J. Med. |volume=333 |issue=24 |pages=1610–7 |year=1995 |pmid=7477198 |doi=10.1056/NEJM199512143332407 |url=}}</ref>
* According to tumor location, long-term  electrocardiographic monitoring may demonstrate [[supraventricular arrhythmias]] in atrial tumors and [[ventricular arrhythmias]] in ventricular tumors.<ref name="pmid7477198">{{cite journal |vauthors=Reynen K |title=Cardiac myxomas |journal=N. Engl. J. Med. |volume=333 |issue=24 |pages=1610–7 |year=1995 |pmid=7477198 |doi=10.1056/NEJM199512143332407 |url=}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

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Electrocardiographic findings on cardiac myxoma are nonspecific.[1]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Reynen K (1995). "Cardiac myxomas". N. Engl. J. Med. 333 (24): 1610–7. doi:10.1056/NEJM199512143332407. PMID 7477198.
  2. Goswami KC, Shrivastava S, Bahl VK, Saxena A, Manchanda SC, Wasir HS (1998). "Cardiac myxomas: clinical and echocardiographic profile". Int. J. Cardiol. 63 (3): 251–9. PMID 9578352.


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