title: Unusual cause of an ejection murmur: myxoma in the left ventricular outflow tract.
abstract: We present the case of a healthy, asymptomatic 50-year-old woman with a systolic ejection murmur who was found to have an obstructive left ventricular outflow tract mass. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed a large mobile mass attached to the basal anterior septum of the left ventricle. Surgical resection was performed and a benign left ventricular outflow tract myxoma was diagnosed. The patient's postoperative course was unremarkable. We describe the clinical presentation and role of 2- and 3-dimensional transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography in surgical management.
authors.forename: Rajeev V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: Sam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Ellamae
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stadnick
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sohmer
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Veinot
authors.forename: Kwan L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D054160:Systolic Murmurs / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery