title: Surgical removal of a left ventricular myxoma in an infant.
abstract: Left ventricular (LV) myxoma is particularly rare in children and has not been reported in infants. A five-month-old baby presented with a myxoma arising from the anterior, lateral, and superior aspect of the LV, causing severe left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. The LV was accessed through the conal septum after opening the right ventricular outflow. The child had transient complete heart block in the postoperative period. There was no recurrence of tumor at the nine-month follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Cochin, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Srinath N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Cochin, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Gs
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sunil
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Cochin, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Raman Krishna
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Kumar
keywords: Cardiac tumor; infant; modified Konno operation