Left ventricular myxoma: a case report

Cardiac myxoma, the most common primary heart tumor, is located mainly in the left atrium. We reported a rare case of left ventricular myxoma incidentally found on echocardiography in an asymptomatic 60-year-old male. The tumor was carefully resected without fragmentation. The patient had an unevent...

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Autores principales: Qin, Wei, Wang, Liming, Chen, Xin, Liu, Peisheng, Wang, Rui
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Editorial Department of Journal of Biomedical Research 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4250964/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25469121
http://dx.doi.org/10.7555/JBR.28.20120124
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Sumario:Cardiac myxoma, the most common primary heart tumor, is located mainly in the left atrium. We reported a rare case of left ventricular myxoma incidentally found on echocardiography in an asymptomatic 60-year-old male. The tumor was carefully resected without fragmentation. The patient had an uneventful recovery and was discharged home on the 4th postoperative day. Surgical resection of this type of cardiac myxoma is recommended due to the rarity of tumor location.