Right ventricular myxoma causing right ventricular outflow tract obstruction.
Cardiac myxomas are the most common neoplasms of the heart. They can be located in any chamber of the heart but frequently in the left atrium. In this report we present a patient who had been treated for a right ventricular myxoma originating from the interventricular septum and leading to right ventricular outflow tract obstruction.
Sayin
Omer Ali
OA
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul University Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey. oasayin@hotmail.com
Ugurlucan
Murat
M
Cinar
Tahran
T
Surmen
Benguhan
B
Dursun
Memduh
M
Akyol
Yakup
Y
Tireli
Emin
E
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*