A Unique Case of a Gigantic Left Ventricular Myxoma Resulting in Embolic Acute Lower Limb Ischemia in a Pediatric Patient.
Irina MargarintAdelina SorescuMonica PopescuMircea RobuOlga UntaruCristina FilipPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2024)
Despite only a handful of cases of cardiac myxomas being reported due to their rarity in the pediatric population, clinical presentation with peripheric embolism triggered a high index of suspicion of embolic mechanism in our patient and prompted a rapid assessment and successful management.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- liver failure
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- heart failure
- respiratory failure
- case report
- acute myocardial infarction
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- left atrial
- aortic stenosis
- drug induced
- aortic dissection
- mitral valve
- loop mediated isothermal amplification
- acute coronary syndrome
- coronary artery disease
- mechanical ventilation
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- percutaneous coronary intervention