Attempted Cardiopulmonary Bypass Venous Cannula Extraction Catheter Extraction of a Rare Intracardiac Myoepithelioma

Travis J Cohoon; Matthew R King; Fariba Gharai; Amir Abolhoda; Marc Sakwa; David M Shavelle

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.101698

Attempted Cardiopulmonary Bypass Venous Cannula Extraction Catheter Extraction of a Rare Intracardiac Myoepithelioma

JACC Case Rep. 2022 Dec 17:7:101698. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.101698. eCollection 2023 Feb 1.

Authors

Travis J Cohoon¹, Matthew R King², Fariba Gharai³, Amir Abolhoda³, Marc Sakwa³, David M Shavelle³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, University of California-Irvine, Orange, California, USA.
² Department of Medicine, University of California-Irvine, Orange, California, USA.
³ MemorialCare Heart and Vascular Institute, Long Beach Medical Center, Long Beach, California, USA.

Abstract

Myoepithelioma of the soft tissue is a rare entity that can mimic myxoma when presenting within the heart. We present a case where cardiopulmonary bypass venous cannula extraction catheter removal of an intracardiac myoepithelioma was attempted with minimal debulking and subsequently required minimally invasive open-heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.).

Keywords: cancer; echocardiography; imaging.