Transesophageal echocardiography is valuable for the intraoperative diagnosis of acquired coronary cameral fistula following the excision of vascular left atrial myxomas.
May support intraoperative TEE for rare fistula detection after myxoma excision; leaves open need for prospective validation.
Left atrial myxoma is the common benign tumor of heart. Coronary arteries may supply these tumor. Considering the vascular nature of the tumor, acquired coronary cameral fistula(CCF) can be a possibility postexcision of the left atrial myxoma. Here, we discuss a case of 53-year-old female patient, who developed acquired CCF, following excision of the tumor and the role of transesophageal echocardiography intraoperatively in diagnosis.
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