[Infero-postero-lateral acute myocardial infarction caused by left ventricular myxoma embolism]

G Ital Cardiol (Rome). 2019 Feb;20(2):117-119. doi: 10.1714/3093.30859.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

The majority of myxomas are located in the left atrium (75%) followed by the right atrium (20%). In rare cases, myxomas can be found in the ventricles, with 2.5% reported for myxomas in the left ventricle. Systemic emboli, mostly cerebral, occur in two thirds of such patients, while coronary emboli are rare. Here we report a case of left ventricular myxoma causing infero-postero-lateral myocardial infarction, successfully treated by intracoronary thromboaspiration of myxoma embolus.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Embolism / complications
  • Embolism / diagnosis*
  • Female
  • Heart Neoplasms / complications*
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Heart Ventricles / pathology
  • Humans
  • Myocardial Infarction / etiology*
  • Myxoma / complications*
  • Myxoma / diagnosis