title: Acute myocardial infarction in a 15-year old secondary to myxomatous embolisation.
abstract: We present a 15-year-old white male who presented with an acute myocardial infarction secondary to embolisation of tissue from a left atrial myxoma. He successfully underwent resection of the myxoma, and embolectomy of the fragments of tumour lodged in the coronary artery.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Surgical Associates, Department of Cardiovascular Services, The Congenital Heart Institute of Florida, All Children's Hospital, University of South Florida School of Medicine, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA. HvanGelder@heartsurgery-csa.com
authors.forename: Hugh M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: van Gelder
authors.forename: Jeffrey P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McCormack
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating / Q000473:pathology*