Right ventricular myxoma with heart failure.
Cardiac myxomas are histologically benign tumors but they may be lethal because of their strategic position. These are mostly located in the left atrium and uncommonly in the right atrium. We report a case of a large right ventricular myxoma presenting with heart failure.
Nuri
M M H
MM
Department of Cardiology, AFIC/NIHD, Rawalpindi.
Naseem
Arshad
A
Raza
Afsar
A
Ahmad
Waqar
W
Raja
Muhammad Khalid
MK
Ahmad
Afzal
A
Rasheed
Azhar
A
Gohar
Ali
A
D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010154:Pakistan; D035583:Rare Diseases; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome