scholarly journals Left Atrial Myxoma in Pregnancy: Management Strategy Using Minimally Invasive Surgical Approach

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Noppon Taksaudom ◽  
Kuntharee Traisrisilp ◽  
Rungsrit Kanjanavanit

This case report concerns a young woman who, during her pregnancy, suffered severe mitral regurgitation. It was discovered at the same time that she had a left atrial myxoma. During the early postpartum period she successfully underwent an anterior minithoracotomy to remove the left atrial myxoma in conjunction with repair of the mitral valve. The thoracotomy approach in this specific patient was chosen as it would give a better chance of successful mother-child bonding because the patient would be able to avoid the precautions which would have been necessary following a sternotomy, especially the limitation of her ability to hold her child during the first 4–6 weeks postoperatively.

Cureus ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tetyana Okan ◽  
Oleksandr Babliak ◽  
Kriti Agarwal ◽  
Yulia Kuzyk ◽  
Santh Prakash Lanka ◽  
...  

2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hitoshi Hirose ◽  
Benjamin A Youdelman ◽  
John W. C Entwistle

A 36-year-old male involved in a car accident was found to have an embolic stroke due to a left atrial myxoma. Open heart surgery was delayed 4 weeks to decrease the risk of neurologic complications from the anticoagulation required for cardiopulmonary bypass. After resection of the myxoma, intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography found severe mitral regurgitation, which was repaired.


Author(s):  
António Fontes ◽  
Nuno Dias-Ferreira ◽  
Anabela Tavares ◽  
Fátima Neves

Abstract Background Myocarditis is an uncommon, potentially life-threatening disease that presents with a wide range of symptoms. In acute myocarditis, chest pain (CP) may mimic typical angina and also be associated with electrocardiographic changes, including an elevation of the ST-segment. A large percentage (20–56%) of myxomas are found incidentally. Case summary A 62-year-old female presenting with sudden onset CP and infero-lateral ST-elevation in the electrocardiogram. The diagnosis of ST-elevation myocardial infarction was presumed and administered tenecteplase. The patient was immediately transported to a percutaneous coronary intervention centre. She complained of intermittent diplopia during transport and referred constitutional symptoms for the past 2 weeks. Coronary angiography showed normal arteries. The echocardiogram revealed moderate to severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction due to large areas of akinesia sparing most of the basal segments, and a mobile mass inside the left atrium attached to the septum. The cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) suggested the diagnosis of myocarditis with concomitant left atrial myxoma. The patient underwent resection of the myxoma. Neurological evaluation was performed due to mild vertigo while walking and diplopia in extreme eye movements. The head magnetic resonance imaging identified multiple infracentimetric lesions throughout the cerebral parenchyma compatible with an embolization process caused by fragments of the tumour. Discussion Myocarditis can have various presentations may mimic acute myocardial infarction and CMR is critical to establish the diagnosis. Myxoma with embolic complications requires emergent surgery. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case reported in the applicable literature of a myxoma diagnosed during a myocarditis episode.


2021 ◽  
Vol 77 (18) ◽  
pp. 3012
Author(s):  
Phillip Tran ◽  
Hanh D. Le ◽  
Trung M. Tran ◽  
Duy K. Doan ◽  
Huong Nguyen ◽  
...  

Circulation ◽  
1967 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 417-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOHN L. PENNY ◽  
JOHN J. GREGORY ◽  
STEPHEN M. AYRES ◽  
STANLEY GIANNELLI ◽  
PLINIO ROSSI

1970 ◽  
Vol 282 (18) ◽  
pp. 1022-1023 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert E. Finegan ◽  
Donald C. Harrison

2017 ◽  
Vol 381 ◽  
pp. 879
Author(s):  
P. Lebedynets ◽  
V. Lebedynets ◽  
M. Moroz ◽  
K. Stetsyura

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