title: [Myxoma of the left atrium causing acute myocardial infarction].
abstract: A 66-year-old male patient had an acute inferior wall myocardial infarction 55 days prior to the admission to the hospital. Echocardiogram and cardiac catheterization disclosed a tumor of the left atrium and the coronary arteriography was normal. The tumor was surgically removed and pathological examination revealed it to be a myxoma. In the absence of other etiologic possibilities, left atrial myxoma was considered the main hypothesis with the development of thrombi and coronary embolization.
authors.affiliation: Hospital do Servidor Público Estndual-São Paulo.
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Meira
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Santos Filho
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pimenta
mesh_terms: D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Mixoma de átrio esquerdo provocando infarto agudo do miocárdio.