Key result
LA myxoma causing coronary embolization presents as AMI and proves fatal after surgical resection.
Why the study?
Cardiac myxoma is a benign tumor that can cause serious embolic complications including acute coronary syndrome without atherosclerotic lesions or intracardiac thrombus.
Case Report (n=1)
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Left atrial myxoma should be considered as a rare cause of acute coronary syndrome in patients without atherosclerotic lesions.
Embolic ACS from left atrial myxoma merits diagnostic consideration; leaves open prospective validation of embolic risk stratification.
True, cardiac myxoma is a benign tumor. On the other hand, it is serious by its complications, in particular embolic. The diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome in connection with a myxoma of the left atrium is retained before the association of an emboligenic intracardiac myxoma and an acute coronary syndrome in the absence of atherosclerotic lesions and the absence of intracardiac thrombus. We report a case of left atrium myxoma complicated by acute coronary syndrome in a 50-year-old patient operated on in our department and we will review the literature.
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Bréhima et al. (2023) conducted a case report in Acute Myocardial Infarction and Left Atrial Myxoma (n=1). Surgical resection was evaluated on Clinical outcome. A 50-year-old man presenting with acute myocardial infarction was diagnosed with a left atrial myxoma causing coronary embolization, and died from multiorgan failure after surgical resection.
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