Open AccessAcute cardio-embolic stroke in a preschooler—a surgical dilemma
Author(s) -
A. Chandrasekaran,
Sabarinath Me,
Baiju S. Dharan,
Thomas Mathew,
Vijay Thomas Cherian,
Thomas Koshy
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery/indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 0973-7723
pISSN - 0970-9134
DOI - 10.1007/s12055-020-00970-9
Subject(s) - medicine , myxoma , cardiac surgery , embolic stroke , cardiothoracic surgery , stroke (engine) , cardiac tumors , vascular surgery , acute stroke , surgery , cardiology , ischemic stroke , mechanical engineering , ischemia , tissue plasminogen activator , engineering
Myxomas are the most common primary intra-cardiac tumors in adults. Myxoma occurring in a preschooler is very rare, and cardiac surgery in acute stroke is a challenging decision. We present a rare case of acute cardio-embolic stroke in a 3-year-old child due to left atrial myxoma which was successfully treated.