Dizziness during pregnancy due to cardiac myxoma.
A woman in the second trimester of pregnancy with recurrent episodes of dizziness is presented. She had a large left atrial myxoma that interfered with left ventricular filling, compromising cardiac output accounting for the symptoms. Surgical excision of the tumor was performed successfully during pregnancy.
Agarwal
Ajit K
AK
Department of Cardiology, College of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, PO Box 35, PC 123, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. ajitka@omantel.net.om
Venugopalan
Poothirikovil
P
D000328:Adult; D004244:Dizziness / Q000209:etiology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second