title: Giant Left Ventricular Myxoma With Obstruction of the Left Ventricular Outflow Tract.
abstract: A rare case of giant left ventricular (LV) myxoma with obstruction of the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) was found incidentally on echocardiography in an asymptomatic 21-year-old woman. The tumor was successfully resected through transatrial septal access.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong General Hospital and Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong General Hospital and Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China. Electronic address: guohuiming@163.net.
authors.forename: Hui-Ming
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong General Hospital and Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong General Hospital and Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Hai-Jiang
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong General Hospital and Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Ji-Mei
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong General Hospital and Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhuang
mesh_terms: D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D055815:Young Adult