Key result
A 4-week supervised high-intensity interval training program improved functional capacity and quality of life in a patient with left atrial myxoma-induced AMI and stroke.
Why the study?
Left atrial myxoma inducing both acute myocardial infarction and stroke is very rare, and patients with concomitant cardiac disease and stroke experience lower aerobic capacity.
Does supervised high-intensity interval training improve functional capacity and quality of life in a patient with left atrial myxoma-induced AMI and stroke?
Case Report (n=1)
Does supervised high-intensity interval training improve functional capacity and quality of life in a patient with left atrial myxoma-induced AMI and stroke?
Supervised high-intensity interval training may be safely used to improve functional capacity and quality of life in complex post-surgical patients with left atrial myxoma-induced AMI and stroke.
Hypothesis-generating for supervised HIIT in rare post-myxoma AMI/stroke; prospective trials needed before clinical adoption.
Myxomas are common benign cardiac tumors that can cause life-threatening events. A case of left atrial myxoma, which induced acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and stroke, is very rare. Patient with concomitant cardiac disease and stroke have lower aerobic capacity than patients with cardiac disease or stroke alone. Here, we report a case presented on 41 years old male patient who diagnosed acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and ischemic stroke (IS) which were induced by left atrial myxoma. He came for phase II cardiac rehabilitation (CR) after underwent surgery with fatigue complaint when he walked more than 500 meters and climbed one floor of stairs. A four weeks comprehensive CR was given to this patient, including a supervised high-intensity interval training (HIIT), thrice a week. This report showed that HIIT can improves functional capacity (FC) and quality of life in patients who suffered left atrial myxoma which induced AMI and IS.
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Mungiza et al. (2025) conducted a case report in Left atrial myxoma with acute myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke (n=1). High-intensity interval training (HIIT) was evaluated on Functional capacity and quality of life. A 4-week supervised high-intensity interval training program improved functional capacity and quality of life in a patient with left atrial myxoma-induced AMI and stroke.
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