title: [Left atrial myxoma causing severe mitral valve occlusion].
abstract: Myxoma is the most frequent cardiac tumor. We report a case of a young woman in whom a left atrial myxoma produced obstruction of the mitral valve and had to be removed during pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Central Sur de Concentración Nacional de Petróleos Mexicanos, México, D.F.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Prieto Macías
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Orea Tejeda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Santiago Bravo
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Vargas Bustos
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Castillo Razo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000601:surgery; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Mixoma auricular izquierdo con oclusión importante de la válvula mitral.