Giant left atrial myxoma in an elderly patient: natural history over a 7-year period.
We present the case of a 71-year-old woman with a 7-year history of a giant left atrial myxoma. The myxoma was attached to the atrial septum and occupied almost the entire left atrial cavity. The patient was hospitalized 4 times because of dyspnea on exertion, palpitations, fatigue, general asthenia, and weight loss. During prior hospitalizations, the patient had refused cardiac surgery. She developed several complications, including atrial fibrillation, mitral and tricuspid regurgitation, mesenteric embolism, pulmonary edema, and thrombotic stroke. We herein describe the natural history of left atrial myxoma in an elderly patient over a 7-year period.
Bajraktari
Gani
G
Second Division of Cardiology, Internal Medicine Clinic, University Clinical Centre of Kosovo, Rrethi i Spitalit, p.n. 10000, Prishtina, Kosovo.
Emini
Merita
M
Berisha
Venera
V
Gashi
Fitnete
F
Beqiri
Arton
A
Zahiti
Bedri
B
Selmani
Hamza
H
Shatri
Faik
F
Manaj
Rexhep
R
D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009232:Myxoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography