title: Left atrial myxoma presenting as acute inferior wall infarction-a case report.
abstract: Acute myocardial infarction is a rare form of presentation in patients with left atrial myxoma. With wider availability of echocardiography, more and more patients with atrial myxomas will be diagnosed. This report describes a patient with left atrial myxoma who presented features of acute myocardial infarction and had surgical removal of LA myxoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, International Centre for Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Diseases, Chennai, India. madhusankar@hotmail.com
authors.forename: N Madhu
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Sankar
authors.forename: R Karthik
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Vaidyanathan
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Cherian
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery