Published in Cardiovascular Week, November 5th, 2007
"We report a case of left atrial myxoma in a patient after heart transplantation. DNA analysis confirmed a donor origin," wrote B. Dufkova and colleagues.
The researchers concluded: "To our knowledge, this is the first report of myxoma of donor origin in a transplanted heart."
Dufkova and colleagues published their study in the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation (Myxorna of donor origin in a transplanted heart. Journal of Heart and Lung...
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