title: Myxoma of the left ventricle.
abstract: This report concerns a 69-year-old woman who presented with an asymptomatic myxoma in the left ventricle. The tumor was successfully excised. We provide a very brief review of 72 other published cases of surgically treated left ventricular myxoma.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery (Dr. Abad), Cardiology (Drs. Delgado and Novoa), and Pathology (Dr. Alonso), Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 35010, Spain.
authors.forename: Cipriano
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Abad
authors.affiliation: Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery (Dr. Abad), Cardiology (Drs. Delgado and Novoa), and Pathology (Dr. Alonso), Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 35010, Spain.
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Novoa
authors.affiliation: Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery (Dr. Abad), Cardiology (Drs. Delgado and Novoa), and Pathology (Dr. Alonso), Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 35010, Spain.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Delgado
authors.affiliation: Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery (Dr. Abad), Cardiology (Drs. Delgado and Novoa), and Pathology (Dr. Alonso), Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 35010, Spain.
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alonso
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D058070:Asymptomatic Diseases; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002648:Child; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Adult; cardiopulmonary bypass; echocardiography, transesophageal; echocardiography, transthoracic; female; heart neoplasms/surgery; heart ventricles/pathology; myxoma/surgery