| Literature DB >> 24954990 |
Ibrahim Mohammed Al Zahrani1, Abdulaziz Alraqtan1, Ahmed Rezk2, Adel Almasswary2, Abdelhaleem Bella1.
Abstract
Atrial myxomas are the commonest primary cardiac tumors and usually affect the left atrium. Patients with atrial myxomas present with intracardiac obstruction, embolization to the pulmonary and systemic circulation, or constitutional symptoms. The coronary arteries' involvement in myxomatous embolization, although rare, has been described to cause acute myocardial infarction (AMI). We report a case of atrial myxoma associated MI and present the clinical and echocardiographic features of this presentation followed by review of the English literature for the association of atrial myxomas and acute myocardial infarctions (AMI).Entities:
Keywords: Myocardial infarction; Myxoma
Year: 2014 PMID: 24954990 PMCID: PMC4062760 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsha.2014.03.001
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Saudi Heart Assoc ISSN: 1016-7315