title: Multiple cardiac myxomas with pulmonary arterial obstruction and acute right heart failure.
abstract: Multiple myxomas in the ventricles, causing pulmonary obstruction, are extremely uncommon. We treated multiple myxomas, seemingly clinically malignant, which had caused acute right heart failure due to their position in the outlet of the right ventricle. The position of the myxomas obstructed the pulmonary artery. To prevent the right heart from failing, we proceeded with tumor resection with the cardiopulmonary bypass on a beating heart and added cryoablation. Following the removal of the tumor, symptoms improved drastically. The postoperative course was uneventful.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Cardiovascular Center of Sendai, 21-1 Honda-chou, Izumi-ku, Sendai 981-3107, Japan.
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sughimoto
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shiikawa
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ohkado
authors.forename: Miwa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nanaumi
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000473:pathology*