Acute myocardial infarction: A complication of left atrial myxoma.
A 58-year-old female patient, immediately after an acute myocardial infarction underwent an echocardiographic examination and emergency coronary arteriography which led to the discovery of left atrial infarction. Successful emergency coronary arterial by-pass graft (CABG) and excision of the myxoma was done within 24 h of the onset.
Aftabuddin
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Department of Surgery, Institute of Cardio-Vascular Diseases (NICVD), Sher-e-Bangla Nagar.
Islam
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Alimuzzaman
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D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging