Left ventricular myxoma originating from the interventricular septum and obstructing the left ventricular outflow tract.
In a 60-year-old woman with episodic exertional faintness, a large left ventricular (LV) myxoma attached by a pedicle to the apical interventricular septum and prolapsing through the LV outflow tract and the aortic valve causing a severe obstruction was found by echocardiography. Early surgical excision was successfully performed using the transaortic approach.
Natale
Enrico
E
Dipartimento Cardiovascolare, Ospedale S. Camillo, C.ne Gianicolense 87, Roma 00152, Italy. enrico.natale@flashnet.it
Minardi
Giovanni
G
Casali
Giovanni
G
Pulignano
Giovanni
G
Musumeci
Francesco
F
D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006346:Heart Septum; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery