scholarly journals Multi-modality imaging of a left atrial myxoma

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 2050313X1773623 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hae Won Jung ◽  
Joon Hyung Doh ◽  
Woo-Ik Chang
Keyword(s):  
Coronary Artery ◽  
Coronary Angiography ◽  
Left Atrial ◽  
Heart Surgery ◽  
Cardiac Computed Tomography ◽  
Invasive Coronary Angiography ◽  
Open Heart Surgery ◽  
Atrial Myxoma ◽  
Cardiac Computed Tomography Angiography ◽  
Left Atrial Myxoma

Objectives: Although echocardiography has traditionally been used to diagnose myxoma, invasive or non-invasive coronary angiography can be useful diagnostic tool before surgery. Methods: We present a case of an angiographically detected left atrial myxoma feeding from the left circumflex coronary artery. Results: The patient underwent open-heart surgery to remove the left atrial myxoma. After ligation of feeding artery, the mass was successfully excised Conclusion: Preoperative coronary angiography can offer additional valuable information moreover detecting coronary artery disease. Because, there is sudden death risk from embolization during invasive coronary angiography, preoperative cardiac computed tomography angiography should be considered to plan the surgery of myxoma.

scholarly journals Stroke from A Large Left Atrial Myxoma

2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hitoshi Hirose ◽  
Benjamin A Youdelman ◽  
John W. C Entwistle
Keyword(s):  
Left Atrial ◽  
Heart Surgery ◽  
Open Heart Surgery ◽  
Atrial Myxoma ◽  
Severe Mitral Regurgitation ◽  
Open Heart ◽  
Neurologic Complications ◽  
Left Atrial Myxoma ◽  
Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography ◽  
Car Accident

A 36-year-old male involved in a car accident was found to have an embolic stroke due to a left atrial myxoma. Open heart surgery was delayed 4 weeks to decrease the risk of neurologic complications from the anticoagulation required for cardiopulmonary bypass. After resection of the myxoma, intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography found severe mitral regurgitation, which was repaired.

Coronary Angiographic Finding of Thrombus in the Left Atrial Appendage

1996 ◽  
Vol 37 (3P2) ◽  
pp. 749-753 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Sakamoto ◽  
K. Hayashi ◽  
N. Matsunaga ◽  
Y. Ogawa ◽  
Y. Matsuoka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coronary Artery ◽  
Coronary Angiography ◽  
Left Atrial ◽  
Heart Surgery ◽  
Left Atrial Appendage ◽  
Open Heart Surgery ◽  
Atrial Appendage ◽  
Open Heart ◽  
Circumflex Artery ◽  
Left Circumflex Artery

Purpose: The value of coronary angiography in the diagnosis of thrombus in the left atrial appendage (LAA) was retrospectively analyzed. Material and Methods: The study covers 34 patients in whom coronary angiography showed coronary neovascularity in LAA with coronary artery-left atrial fistula indicating LAA thrombus. All 34 patients underwent transthoracic echocardiography within one week of coronary angiography. Open-heart surgery was undertaken 2–31 months after angiography in 28 patients. Results: Coronary neovascularity and coronary artery-left atrial fistula arose from the left circumflex artery in 28 patients, and from the left circumflex artery and the right coronary artery in the remaining 6 patients. By echocardiography, LAA thrombus was detected in only one of the 34 patients. In 18 of the 28 patients who underwent open-heart surgery, LAA thrombus was found at surgery to have resolved. Conclusion: Coronary angiography is useful in the diagnosis of LAA thrombus, and coronary neovascularity and fistula formation may indicate that the thrombus can spontaneously resolve.

scholarly journals A Giant Left Atrial Myxoma Neovascularized from the Right Coronary Artery

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Demet Menekse Gerede ◽  
Irem Muge Akbulut ◽  
Sadık Ersoz ◽  
Mustafa Kilıckap
Keyword(s):  
Coronary Artery ◽  
Coronary Angiography ◽  
Right Coronary Artery ◽  
Left Atrial ◽  
Clinical Manifestations ◽  
Vascular Supply ◽  
Atrial Myxoma ◽  
The Other ◽  
Left Atrial Myxoma ◽  
The Right

Myxomas are benign and the most common tumors of the cardiac muscle (Reynen, 1995). They are predominantly located in the left atrium. Clinical manifestations may vary according to the localization and the size of the myxoma. On the other hand, imaging of a myxoma by contrast dye during coronary angiography is a rare sign, which displays the vascular supply of the tumor. Here, we report the case of a 51-year-old man presenting with presyncope and palpitations due to a giant left atrial myxoma having its vascular supply from the right coronary artery (RCA).

scholarly journals Emergency Surgery for Acute Mitral Valve Obstruction Resulting From Rapidly enlarging Left Atrial Myxoma

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-157
Author(s):  
M Badrul Alam ◽  
SA Quader ◽  
AM Asif Rahim ◽  
M Sajedul Bari ◽  
ZH Khan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mitral Valve ◽  
Left Atrial ◽  
Heart Surgery ◽  
Open Heart Surgery ◽  
Atrial Myxoma ◽  
Rapid Expansion ◽  
Surgical Removal ◽  
Cardiac Tumors ◽  
Left Atrial Myxoma ◽  
Gradual Onset

Left atrial myxomas are benign, slow-growing primary cardiac tumors. They present with gradual onset of one or more of a triad of obstructive, embolic, or constitutional symptoms. Echocardiography aids in the detailed preoperative and intraoperative evaluation of the myxoma for surgical strategy planning. We describe a case of interstitial hemorrhage in a left atrial myxoma leading to rapid expansion of the tumor with features of acute, mitral valve obstruction. Echocardiography showed a cystic area in the left atrial tumor that corresponded to an area of recent hemorrhage confirmed on surgical removal. A 42 yrs old housewife presented with severe dyspnoea, cough and chest pain for 7 days, after detail evaluation she was diagnosed as a case of left atrial myxoma with heart failure. Subsequently she underwent emergency open heart surgery under cardiopulmonary bypass; removal of a huge LA myxoma was done, and recovered uneventfully.Cardiovasc. j. 2016; 8(2): 155-157

scholarly journals Left Atrial Myxoma Hypervascularized from the Right Coronary Artery: An Interesting Cath Lab Finding

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcos Danillo Peixoto Oliveira ◽  
Adriano Ossuna Tamazato ◽  
Fernando Roberto de Fazzio ◽  
Luiz J. Kajita ◽  
Expedito E. Ribeiro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coronary Artery ◽  
Right Coronary Artery ◽  
Left Atrial ◽  
Rare Case ◽  
Vascular Supply ◽  
Atrial Myxoma ◽  
Cardiac Tumors ◽  
Left Atrial Myxoma ◽  
The Right ◽  
Primary Cardiac Tumors

Primary cardiac tumors are rare and approximately half of them are atrial myxomas. They rarely remain asymptomatic, especially if large. The imaging of a myxoma by contrast dye during coronary angiography is an infrequent sign, which clarifies the vascular supply of the tumor. We report herein an interesting and rare case of a left atrial myxoma hypervascularized from the right coronary artery.

Complex coronary artery anatomy in a patient with prolapsing left atrial myxoma

Herz ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 342-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.Y. Andreou ◽  
I. Iakovou ◽  
A.K. Dimopoulos ◽  
G. Karatasakis ◽  
P. Anastasiou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coronary Artery ◽  
Left Atrial ◽  
Atrial Myxoma ◽  
Left Atrial Myxoma ◽  
Coronary Artery Anatomy
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