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Left Atrial Myxoma Presenting as Acute Inferior Wall Infarction—A Case Report
Author(s) -
Sankar N. Madhu,
Vaidyanathan R. Karthik,
Prasad G.N.,
Cherian K.M.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2006.00282.x
Subject(s) - medicine , myxoma , left atrial myxoma , presentation (obstetrics) , atrial myxoma , cardiology , myocardial infarction , infarction , radiology , left atrium , atrial fibrillation
Acute myocardial infarction is a rare form of presentation in patients with left atrial myxoma. With wider availability of echocardiography, more and more patients with atrial myxomas will be diagnosed. This report describes a patient with left atrial myxoma who presented features of acute myocardial infarction and had surgical removal of LA myxoma
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