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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2954-3835</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Cardiovascular and metabolic science]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Cardiovasc. metab. sci]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2954-3835</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Asociación Nacional de Cardiólogos de México A.C.]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-id>S2954-38352023000300114</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.35366/112760</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Palpitations as manifestation of lipomatous hyperplasia interatrial septum: case report and review of the literature]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Palpitaciones como manifestación de hiperplasia lipomatosa del tabique interauricular: reporte de caso y revisión de literatura]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Moreno-Pallares]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Eiman]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vargas-Vergara]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Diana]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bornacelly]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Adriana]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital San José-FUCS  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital San José-FUCS-Clínica Colombia  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogota ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Libre de Barranquilla  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Atlántico ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>34</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>114</fpage>
<lpage>118</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2954-38352023000300114&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2954-38352023000300114&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2954-38352023000300114&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: Lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum is increasingly recognized and should be considered as part of the differential diagnosis of any cardiac tumor. We present the case of a 70-year-old patient who presented to the outpatient service for palpitations. Transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) detected thickening of the interatrial septum with proximal predominance with respect to the fossa ovalis. The diagnosis was confirmed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. In such cases, the opinion of a cardiologist with expertise in cardiac imaging would help to avoid misdiagnosis and unnecessary intervention. This condition is more common than initially thought and remains under-recognized by most physicians.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: La hipertrofia lipomatosa del tabique interauricular se reconoce cada vez más y debe considerarse como parte del diagnóstico diferencial de cualquier tumor cardiaco. Presentamos el caso de un paciente de 70 años que acudió al servicio ambulatorio por palpitaciones. El ecocardiograma transtorácico (ETT) detectó engrosamiento del septo interauricular de predominio proximal con respecto de la fosa ovalis. El diagnóstico fue confirmado por resonancia magnética cardiaca. En tales casos, la opinión de un cardiólogo experto en imagen cardiaca ayudaría a evitar un diagnóstico erróneo y una intervención innecesaria. Esta condición es más común de lo que se pensó inicialmente y sigue siendo poco reconocida por la mayoría de los médicos.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[lipomatous hyperplasia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[palpitations]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[atrial septum]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[cardiac resonance imaging]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[hiperplasia lipomatosa]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[palpitaciones]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[tabique interauricular]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[resonancia cardiaca]]></kwd>
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