1. An unusual case of amaurosis fugax due to papillary fibroelastoma of cor triatriatum
- Author
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Kangaharan Nadarajah, Majo X. Joseph, Fei Chong, Jay Thakkar, and Jayme Bennetts
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Amaurosis Fugax ,Heart Neoplasms ,Internal medicine ,Cor Triatriatum ,Heart rate ,medicine ,Humans ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Medical history ,Heart Atria ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Cardiorespiratory fitness ,General Medicine ,Amaurosis fugax ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Blood pressure ,Papillary fibroelastoma ,Echocardiography ,Cor triatriatum ,Cardiology ,Female ,Radiology ,medicine.symptom ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,Chest radiograph ,business - Abstract
A 58-year-old woman with no significant medical history presented to us with a transient left-sided visual loss. Apart from previous smoking, she had no risk factors for cerebrovascular event. On examination, she had a regular heart rate of 64/min and a blood pressure of 120/90 mmHg. Neurological and cardiorespiratory examinations were unremarkable. Chest radiograph, electrocardiogram, laboratory data, and computed tomography head were unrevealing. A transthoracic …
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- 2011