title: Concomitant pulmonary embolectomy and excision of a left atrial myxoma.
abstract: We report a rare case of concomitant pulmonary embolectomy and excision of a left atrial myxoma. A 64-year-old obese woman developed a pulmonary embolism 13 days after an operation for a brain tumor. Echocardiography revealed a 3-cm left atrial mass attached to the atrial septum. Urgent surgery, including pulmonary embolectomy and excision of the left atrial mass, was performed. Histopathology confirmed that the mass was a left atrial myxoma. The postoperative course was uneventful.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka, Japan. tm-fukui@gem.hi-ho.ne.jp
authors.forename: Toshihiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukui
authors.forename: Shigefumi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suehiro
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: Hidekazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hirai
authors.forename: Takanobu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aoyama
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome