Acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction due to a huge floating thrombus mimicking a myxoma in the left atrium.
Acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction occurs when the blood supply to a coronary artery is completely interrupted. The most common cause of the abrupt occlusion of a coronary artery is the rupture of a vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque. However, embolisms from any sources can be another cause of abrupt coronary obstruction. The authors report a case of acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction caused by a huge left atrial thrombus mimicking a myxoma.
Kim
Min Su
MS
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
Park
Jae-Hyeong
JH
Kang
Shin Kwang
SK
Na
Myung Hoon
MH
Lee
Jae-Hwan
JH
Choi
Si Wan
SW
Jeong
Jin-Ok
JO
Seong
In-Whan
IW
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009232:Myxoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography