Open AccessSurgical removal of a left ventricular myxoma in an infant
Author(s) -
Srinath N. Reddy,
Sunil Gs,
Raman Krishna Kumar
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
annals of pediatric cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-2069
pISSN - 0974-5149
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2069.115276
Subject(s) - medicine , myxoma , cardiology , ventricular outflow tract obstruction , ventricular outflow tract , heart defect , surgery , heart disease , mitral valve
Left ventricular (LV) myxoma is particularly rare in children and has not been reported in infants. A five-month-old baby presented with a myxoma arising from the anterior, lateral, and superior aspect of the LV, causing severe left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. The LV was accessed through the conal septum after opening the right ventricular outflow. The child had transient complete heart block in the postoperative period. There was no recurrence of tumor at the nine-month follow-up.