Key result
Atrial myxoma excision yields marked early recovery of severe biventricular dysfunction.
Why the study?
Does surgical excision of atrial myxomas improve severe biventricular dysfunction in affected patients?
Case Report (n=2)
Does surgical excision of atrial myxomas improve severe biventricular dysfunction in affected patients?
Surgical excision of atrial myxomas can rapidly reverse associated severe biventricular dysfunction, suggesting a direct, potentially cytokine-mediated cardio-depressant effect of the tumors.
May support rapid biventricular recovery after myxoma excision in select cases; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective confirmation.
Myxomas are the most common cardiac tumors, accounting for about 50% of benign primary cardiac tumors, with the majority located in the left atrium, and 80% of which originate in the interatrial septum. We report two cases with severe cachexia, neurological sequelae, and severe biventricle dysfunction secondary to atrial myxomas with marked early improvement after tumor excision.
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Tewari et al. (2017) conducted a case report in Atrial myxomas with severe biventricular dysfunction (n=2). Surgical excision of atrial myxomas was evaluated on Improvement in biventricular function. Surgical excision of atrial myxomas resulted in marked early improvement of severe biventricular dysfunction in both patients.
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