Myxoma of the left ventricle

Tex Heart Inst J. 2014 Aug 1;41(4):395-400. doi: 10.14503/THIJ-13-3281. eCollection 2014 Aug.

Abstract

This report concerns a 69-year-old woman who presented with an asymptomatic myxoma in the left ventricle. The tumor was successfully excised. We provide a very brief review of 72 other published cases of surgically treated left ventricular myxoma.

Keywords: Adult; cardiopulmonary bypass; echocardiography, transesophageal; echocardiography, transthoracic; female; heart neoplasms/surgery; heart ventricles/pathology; myxoma/surgery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Asymptomatic Diseases
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures*
  • Child
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Female
  • Heart Neoplasms / pathology
  • Heart Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Heart Ventricles / pathology
  • Heart Ventricles / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myxoma / pathology
  • Myxoma / surgery*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Young Adult