Publication Date
1-1-2025
Journal
The Texas Heart Institute Journal
DOI
10.14503/THIJ-24-8413
PMID
40276141
PMCID
PMC12018764
PubMedCentral® Posted Date
4-22-2025
PubMedCentral® Full Text Version
Post-print
Abstract
Cardiac myxomas are a rare phenomenon within the general population, and although there are reports of them, giant myxomas are not common in the medical literature. This report presents a case of a giant left atrial cardiac myxoma in a 57-year-old female patient who was largely asymptomatic until she presented with a diffuse thromboembolic stroke. This case report highlights the importance of surgical management of cardiac myxomas and discusses the difference in open vs minimally invasive surgical resection of giant cardiac myxomas.
Keywords
Humans, Female, Myxoma, Heart Neoplasms, Middle Aged, Cardiac Surgical Procedures, Heart Atria, Treatment Outcome, Tumor Burden, Embolic Stroke, Echocardiography, Transesophageal, Myxoma, stroke, minimally invasive surgical procedures
Published Open-Access
yes
Recommended Citation
Hernandez, Norvin; DiLeo, Michael; Wong, Christopher K; et al., "Sequelae and Surgical Management of Giant Cardiac Myxoma" (2025). The Texas Heart Institute Journal. 417.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/texasheartinstituejournal/417