Would you recommend hospitalization for surgery for a large papillary fibroelastoma or atrial myxoma discovered on an outpatient echocardiogram?
Would the context of prior stroke/TIA impact the decision to hospitalize or pursue expedited outpatient evaluation?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
NOT necessarily to hospitalize if incidental finding given that both of these lesions are typically present for years prior to diagnosis (unless of course you are concerned about getting sued if a bad outcome occurs). If these lesions are found in the context of a recent neurological syndrome then c...
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at Yale New Haven Hospital In the incidental finding of a left atrial myxoma,...
In the incidental finding of a left atrial myxoma,...