Acute myocardial infarction in a 15-year old secondary to myxomatous embolisation

Hugh M van Gelder; Jeffrey P Jacobs; Jorge McCormack

doi:10.1017/S1047951104006109

Acute myocardial infarction in a 15-year old secondary to myxomatous embolisation

Cardiol Young. 2004 Dec;14(6):658-60. doi: 10.1017/S1047951104006109.

Authors

Hugh M van Gelder¹, Jeffrey P Jacobs, Jorge McCormack

Affiliation

¹ Cardiac Surgical Associates, Department of Cardiovascular Services, The Congenital Heart Institute of Florida, All Children's Hospital, University of South Florida School of Medicine, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 15680001
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951104006109

Abstract

We present a 15-year-old white male who presented with an acute myocardial infarction secondary to embolisation of tissue from a left atrial myxoma. He successfully underwent resection of the myxoma, and embolectomy of the fragments of tumour lodged in the coronary artery.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Heart Atria
Heart Neoplasms / complications*
Heart Neoplasms / pathology
Heart Neoplasms / surgery
Humans
Male
Myocardial Infarction / etiology*
Myxoma / complications*
Myxoma / pathology
Myxoma / surgery
Neoplastic Cells, Circulating / pathology*