title: [An unusual complication of myxoma of the left atrium].
abstract: The authors give an account of a 59-year-old female patient with a myxoma of the left atrium which was complicated by repeated multiple embolizations into the systemic circulation. The cause of death after a successful operation was haemorrhage into the abdominal cavity from a ruptured spleen, as a result of a new lienal infarction after embolization of a portion of the myxoma into the lienal artery, 24 before the operation. The authors emphasize the necessity of immediate removal of an intracardiac formation as soon as it is detected.
authors.affiliation: Kardiochirurgická klinika fakultní nemocnice KUNZ, Hradec Králové.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lonský
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kubícek
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Simek
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rozsíval
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stĕtina
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Simáková
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kovalský
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications*; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; D013161:Splenic Rupture / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Neobvyklá komplikace myxomu levé srdecní predsínĕ.