With poxviruses now back on the radar, we must consider the outstanding threat of possible human pathogens in much greater detail. It is critically important to understand not only how poxviruses jump ...

The myxoma virus, fatal to millions of Australian rabbits, is a textbook example of the unexpected twists in the evolution of viruses and their hosts. By Carl Zimmer As the Covid death rate worldwide ...

Atrial myxoma is the most prevalent benign primary heart tumor of mesenchymal origin, with a prevalence of 0.0017% to 0.19%. Approximately 75% of myxomas originate in the left atrium (LA), 20% arise ...

The patient had a history of peripheral arterial occlusive disease. He had been experiencing Canadian Cardiovascular Society class II angina for 7 years. Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) revealed ...

On the second day after the surgery, acute renal failure requiring renal replacement therapy ocurred. The patient also developed recurrence of hyponatremia. In the following days, the sodium levels ...

WE are reporting herewith the surgical removal of a myxoma from the cavity of the left atrium. The procedure was carried out under hypothermia and represents the first successful case reported from ...

CARDIAC tumors have long been of interest and have been the subject of extensive review articles. 1–8 Most of these tumors are secondary, however, and the cardiac problem is superimposed on primary ...

A left atrial myxoma is a benign tumor that is relatively rare; however, it can have significant clinical implications. A cardiac myxoma is the most common tumor originating from the heart, and a ...

New research explores the spillover of myxoma virus from European rabbits to Iberian hares. In addition to shedding new light on species-jumping viruses, the study shows that the protein permitting ...

Cardiac myxoma is a source of emboli to the central nervous system and elsewhere in the vascular tree. However, nonspecific systemic symptoms and minor embolic phenomena may be overlooked in the ...