title: Cardiac surgery of emergency for resection of left atrial myxoma.
abstract: We report case of a female patient who during months presented pulmonary manifestation associated with nonspecific systemic symptoms resulting in several hospitalizations with the diagnostic hypothesis of pulmonary fibrosis. The echocardiographic study showed a great pedunculated left atrial myxoma prolapsing through the mitral valve for the left ventricle. In quite unfavorable clinical conditions the patient was sent to our Service for surgical treatment, evolving during the preparation for surgery with acute pulmonary edema and hemodynamic instability being submitted to a successfully surgery of emergency for resection of the tumor. The patient is asymptomatic.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Albert Sabin, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brasil. ramalho@terra.com.br
authors.forename: Antônio Augusto Ramalho
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Motta
authors.forename: Eloi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Colen Filho
authors.forename: Márcio Fernando
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Borges
authors.forename: Eloizio Aparecido
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Colen
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000209:etiology; D014463:Ultrasonography