Open AccessStroke associated with left atrial mass: Association of cerebral aneurysm with left atrial myxoma!
Author(s) -
Sheela Srivastava,
Prabhat Tewari
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
annals of cardiac anaesthesia/annals of cardiac anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.42
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 0974-5181
pISSN - 0971-9784
DOI - 10.4103/0971-9784.124144
Subject(s) - medicine , clipping (morphology) , aneurysm , left atrial myxoma , cardiology , stroke (engine) , myxoma , atrial myxoma , radiology , atrial fibrillation , left atrium , mechanical engineering , philosophy , linguistics , engineering
Association of LA myxoma with cerebral aneurysm is rare. We describe a patient who had LA mass and cerebral aneurysm and developed stroke. The patient underwent clipping of the cerebral aneurysm. We discuss the pathology of the association and the anesthetic management.