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Ministernotomy with cusp repair successfully treats aortic valve myxoma presenting with TIA.
Aortic valve myxoma is a rare condition that can present with transient ischemic attack and be successfully managed with surgical excision via ministernotomy.
Supports consideration of excision for aortic valve myxoma with TIA; leaves open optimal approach and outcomes in larger series.
The authors report a case of aortic valve myxoma discovered in a 34-year-old patient who had suffered a transient ischemic attack. At operation, a heliocoidal gelatinous mass was found attached to the ventricular side of the right coronary cusp of the aortic valve via a pedicle. Through a ministernotomy approach the mass was excised and the cusp was repaired. Recovery was uneventful.
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Ramsheyi et al. (1998) studied this question. Surgical excision via ministernotomy and cusp repair successfully treated an aortic valve myxoma in a 34-year-old patient who presented with a transient ischemic attack.
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