title: [Left ventricular myxoma].
abstract: Primary tumors of the heart are rare entities. We report a unique case of a young woman presenting a left ventricular myxoma, which manifested itself as coronary artery disease and was diagnosed by echocardiography. Emergency surgical treatment was indicated, done through a transeptal approach with extensive resection of the tumor, its pedicle and the papilar muscle to which it was attached as well as the anterior mitral leaflet, which was thinned and deformed by the presence of the mass. Mitral valve replacement was mandatory. A complete retrospective review of the literature is presented.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cirugía Cardiovascular, Institute Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez. santi_f@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Felipe Santibáñez
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Escobar
authors.forename: Fause
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Attié
authors.forename: Jesús Vargas
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Barrón
authors.forename: Samuel Ramírez
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Marroquín
authors.forename: José Antonio Campo
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: del Abadiano
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009232:Myxoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome