title: Right atrial myxoma and severe left ventricular dysfunction: which explanations? Which management?
abstract: A 57 year-old woman with a large right atrial myxoma underwent emergency surgical resection in our institute. It is known that surgical management of such tumours is difficult regarding venous cannulation and embolic risk, but in our patient, the surgery was more challenging because of the severe left ventricular dysfunction. Thus, we aim on the one hand, to discuss the association between the left ventricular dysfunction and the right atrial myxoma, and, on the other hand, to describe the on-pump beating heart technique we used to remove this mass.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery B, Ibn Sina Hospital, Rabat, Morocco. Alaae_b@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Alaae
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boutayeb
authors.forename: Lahcen
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Marmade
authors.forename: Adil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bensouda
authors.forename: Said
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moughil
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery