title: [Severe mitral regurgitation following resection of a giant atrial myxoma: Case report and literature review].
abstract: Evaluation of the competence of a mitral valve can often be impossible in the clinical setting of a giant atrial myxoma. A 50-year-old woman with severe mitral regurgitation in the post-bypass period following a myxoma resection was managed with a mitral valve replacement. The absence of mitral insufficiency in the preoperative examination should not be taken as a reliable predictor of normal valve function. So herein, we discuss the role of the intraoperative echocardiographic examination, the underlying mechanisms, and the proposed management of severe mitral regurgitation following the resection of an atrial myxoma.
authors: Departamento de Anestesia, Fundación Clínica Shaio, Bogotá, Colombia. Electronic address: david.orozco@shaio.org.
authors: D M
authors: DM
authors: Orozco Vinasco
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Abello Sánchez
authors: J E
authors: JE
authors: Osorio Esquivel
mesh_terms: D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D009232:Myxoma / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional