Acute myocardial infarction in a 15-year old secondary to myxomatous embolisation.
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.
van Gelder
Hugh M
HM
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
Jacobs
Jeffrey P
JP
McCormack
Jorge
J
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*