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Surgical removal of intravascular leiomyomas with intracardiac extension: A two-case report.

Darío AndradeEric Edward VinckLaura Niño TorresDanilo Citarella
Published in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2020)
Leiomyomatosis is a uterine condition that can rarely present with extrauterine involvement. Intravenous and intracardiac extensions are extremely rare presentations and, in these cases, the intra-cardiac mass may be confused with a cardiac myxoma and can be associated with pulmonary embolism. Here we report two cases of successful surgically removed intracardiac leiomyomas under cardiopulmonary bypass.
Keyphrases
  • pulmonary embolism
  • left atrial appendage
  • case report
  • inferior vena cava
  • left ventricular
  • high dose
  • coronary artery
  • atrial fibrillation