Open AccessInfected left atrial myxoma with concomitant mitral valve endocarditis
Author(s) -
Vogt Pr,
Rolf Jenni,
Turina Mi
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1873-734X
pISSN - 1010-7940
DOI - 10.1016/s1010-7940(96)80270-3
Subject(s) - left atrial myxoma , myxoma , medicine , endocarditis , cardiology , infective endocarditis , concomitant , mitral valve , atrial myxoma , mitral valve replacement , mitral valve repair , left atrium , atrial fibrillation
Myxomas are the most common primary cardiac tumors. They may simulate infective endocarditis but are rarely infected. Currently, 17 infected left atrial myxomas have been reported in the literature [1, 7, 8, 10, 11]. We present a patient with infected left atrial myxoma combined with mitral valve endocarditis, treated by excision of the myxoma and mitral valve reconstruction.