Giant left myxoma with mitral valve obstruction.
Valdano ManuelGlória PedroJoaquim GouveiaBelmira LuísSandra ArmandoDamião AntónioCarlos Alberto MassecaSílvia LutucutaPublished in: Clinical case reports (2022)
We present a case of a patient admitted with acute pulmonary edema. An echocardiogram showed a giant myxoma of the left atrium causing mitral valve obstruction. The patient underwent urgent cardiac surgery for tumor resection. There were no postoperative complications, and the follow-up was uneventful.
Keyphrases
- mitral valve
- cardiac surgery
- left atrial
- case report
- left ventricular
- liver failure
- pulmonary hypertension
- respiratory failure
- pulmonary artery
- heart failure
- drug induced
- inferior vena cava
- coronary artery
- vena cava
- hepatitis b virus
- intensive care unit
- aortic dissection
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- acute respiratory distress syndrome