Surgical treatment of right ventricular myxoma in infancy.
Myxomas are the most common of all primary cardiac tumors in adults. They are extremely rare in infancy. We report on a 5-month-old infant who was admitted in a state of cardiogenic shock. Echocardiography showed a right ventricular myxoma completely occluding the right ventricular outflow tract. prompt surgical removal of the tumor resulted in a excellent outcome.
Talmor
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D
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Soroka Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Caspi
J
J
Feuering
S
S
Zuker
N
N
Zalstein
E
E
Ganiel
A
A
Appelbaum
A
A
D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009232:Myxoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery