Excision of a left atrial myxoma in the presence of a calcified ascending aorta: a surgical challenge.
Atrial myxomas are rare tumors that require surgical excision. However, in the presence of a severely calcified ascending aorta, such excision becomes rather challenging and difficult. Here we report a case of a left atrial myxoma in a 64-year-old woman with an extensively calcified aorta that was successfully excised using cardiopulmonary bypass beating-heart technique without the need for cardioplegic cardiac arrest and aortic cross-clamping. The use of this technique proved useful with no increased risk incurred to the patient.
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Chest Disease Hospital, Kuwait. trinityq8@hotmail.com
Nael
N
Al-Sarraf
Fahad
F
Al-Shammari
Osama
O
Arafa
Jamal
J
Al-Fadhli
D000328:Adult; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome