title: Surgical management of left ventricular myxoma with embolization to the right coronary artery.
abstract: We report a rare case of left ventricular myxoma with embolization to the right coronary artery, presenting as an acute myocardial infarction. The tumor was excised from the left ventricle, and the tumor embolus was removed from the right coronary artery. Saphenous vein bypass grafting was also performed successfully.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Cardiology, St. John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Saldanha
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Srikrishna
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shetty
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shenthar
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Nayak
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis; D009232:Myxoma / Q000601:surgery*; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating