Key result
Urgent surgery successfully extirpates an RV myxoma in an 80-year-old man with exertional fatigue.
Why the study?
Right ventricular myxomas are rare primary benign cardiac tumors, and each new case contributes evidence for disease management and treatment.
Surgical extirpation is a successful treatment for right ventricular myxoma, a rare benign cardiac tumor that can cause serious complications like arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death.
May inform management of rare RV myxoma in elderly; leaves open confirmation in larger studies.
Right ventricular myxoma are primary rare benign cardiac tumors with each new case contributing to the new evidence in a management and treatment of the disease. We present an 80 year-old male patient with symptoms of fatigue on exertion and previous history of essential hypertension. Right ventricular myxoma was diagnosed on echocardiography and it was confirmed by futher diagnostic procedures. The most serious complication is arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death. A patient was referred for the urgent cardiosurgical intervention and successful extirpation of tumor was performed.
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Nisic et al. (2023) studied this question. Urgent cardiosurgical intervention successfully extirpated a right ventricular myxoma in an 80-year-old male patient with exertional fatigue and hypertension.
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