title: Left atrial myxoma and concomitant atherosclerotic coronary artery disease.
abstract: Here we describe the case of a 71-year-old female patient who was admitted to our department with acute coronary syndrome. Trans-thoracic echocardiography evaluation to assess left ventricular functions incidentally detected a left atrial mass attached to the inter-atrial septum together with a left ventricular segmental wall motion abnormality due to acute anterior myocardial infarction. Coronary angiography revealed diffuse coronary artery disease. Because early surgery was not advised due to the high mortality risk, successful coronary angioplasty and stenting was performed in this emergecy situation. It may be informative to study the images from the echocardiography prior to angiography in this study as well as to determine the anticipated signs that may affect the treatment options for similar patients.
authors.affiliation: Şifa Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kocaturk
authors.affiliation: Şifa Hospital, Department of Radiology, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Adem
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karaman
authors.affiliation: Training and Research Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ednan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bayram
authors.affiliation: Şifa Hospital, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Cengiz
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Çolak
authors.affiliation: Şifa Hospital, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Volkan
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Yurtman
keywords: Acute coronary syndrome; Atherosclerotic coronary artery disease; Left atrial mass