Giant Left Ventricular Myxoma With Obstruction of the Left Ventricular Outflow Tract

Jian Liu; Hui-Ming Guo; Bin Xie; Hai-Jiang Guo; Ji-Mei Chen; Jian Zhuang

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.09.043

Giant Left Ventricular Myxoma With Obstruction of the Left Ventricular Outflow Tract

Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Mar;101(3):e63-4. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.09.043.

Authors

Jian Liu¹, Hui-Ming Guo², Bin Xie¹, Hai-Jiang Guo¹, Ji-Mei Chen¹, Jian Zhuang¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong General Hospital and Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
² Department of Cardiac Surgery, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong General Hospital and Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China. Electronic address: guohuiming@163.net.

PMID: 26897231
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.09.043

Abstract

A rare case of giant left ventricular (LV) myxoma with obstruction of the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) was found incidentally on echocardiography in an asymptomatic 21-year-old woman. The tumor was successfully resected through transatrial septal access.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Female
Heart Neoplasms / complications
Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Heart Ventricles
Humans
Myxoma / complications
Myxoma / diagnosis*
Severity of Illness Index
Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / diagnosis
Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / etiology*
Young Adult