RESEARCH ARTICLE

Stroke from A Large Left Atrial Myxoma

The Open Cardiovascular Medicine Journal 16 December 2008 RESEARCH ARTICLE DOI: 10.2174/1874192400802010115

Abstract

A 36-year-old male involved in a car accident was found to have an embolic stroke due to a left atrial myxoma. Open heart surgery was delayed 4 weeks to decrease the risk of neurologic complications from the anticoagulation required for cardiopulmonary bypass. After resection of the myxoma, intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography found severe mitral regurgitation, which was repaired.

Key Words: Myxoma, mitral valve disease, stroke, surgery..
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