Key result
Surgical extraction was performed for a rare left ventricular myxoma causing intracavitary obstruction and severe pulmonary hypertension in a 55-year-old woman.
Why the study?
Cardiac myxomas can be fatal and left ventricular myxomas with papillary muscle and mitral valve involvement are rare.
Population
A 55-year-old woman
Design
Case report
Authors
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Rare LV myxoma with obstruction and PH may warrant surgical extraction; leaves open optimal diagnostic and follow-up strategies.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report highlights the rare presentation, imaging findings, and surgical management of a left ventricular myxoma causing intracavitary obstruction and severe pulmonary hypertension.
Orozco‐Hernandez et al. (2019) conducted a case report in Left ventricular myxoma with pulmonary hypertension (n=1). Surgical extraction was evaluated. Surgical extraction was performed for a rare left ventricular myxoma causing intracavitary obstruction and severe pulmonary hypertension in a 55-year-old woman.
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