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Wrecking Ball Effect

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Wrecking Ball Effect
A tethered ball-like effect of a pedunculated tumour in the cardiac atria or ventricles, often due to a calcified myxoma, which may damage the mitral valve, rupture chordae tendineae or cause severe mitral regurgitation as it pounds against endocardial structures

wrecking ball effect
Cardiology A tethered ball-like effect of a pedunculated tumor in the atrial or ventricular chambers, often due to a calcified myxoma, which may damage the mitral valve, rupture chordae tendineae or cause severe mitral regurgitation, as it pounds against endocardial structures


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