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- Cardiac myxomas are non-cancerous tumors in the heart that can lead to serious complications, including embolism-induced myocardial infarction.
- A case is reported where a patient experienced cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation, which was later linked to a myocardial infarction.
- The diagnosis was confirmed through imaging, and after surgical removal, the mass was identified as a myxoma, which was responsible for creating a risk of arterial embolism.
Article Abstract
Cardiac myxomas are benign primer cardiac tumors of the heart. They can be fatal with a thromboembolic presentation. Myocardial infarction is one of these unusual thromboembolic presentations. We report a patient who presented with cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation related to myocardial infarction. After successful resuscitation, coronary angiography and transthoracic echocardiography were performed. A left atrial mass was observed and interpreted as a possible cause of coronary embolism leading to myocardial infarction. After surgical excision, the pathological examination confirmed myxoma, which was the essential cause of the tendency to arterial embolism.
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