Open AccessAcute myocardial infarction due to coronary embolisation as the first manifestation of left atrial myxoma
Author(s) -
Janusz Konstanty-Kalandyk,
Karol Wierzbicki,
Krzysztof Bartuś,
Jerzy Sadowski
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
kardiologia polska
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.527
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1897-4279
pISSN - 0022-9032
DOI - 10.5603/kp.2013.0070
Subject(s) - medicine , left atrial myxoma , embolus , myxoma , cardiology , myocardial infarction , infarction , occlusion , angiography , radiology , left atrium , atrial fibrillation
This report describes a 52 year-old women with an inferior myocardial infarction due to a coronary artery embolus. Coronary angiography revealed occlusion of right coronary artery and echocardiographic findings showed a large left intraatrial tumour. The tumour was removed surgically and pathological findings confirmed the diagnosis of myxoma. Aetiology of the occlusion was closely related to the left atrial tumour. Myocardial infarction was the first manifestation of left atrial myxoma.