RESEARCH ARTICLE
Stroke from A Large Left Atrial Myxoma
Hitoshi Hirose*, 1, Benjamin A Youdelman1, John W. C Entwistle2
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2008Volume: 2
First Page: 115
Last Page: 117
Publisher ID: TOCMJ-2-115
DOI: 10.2174/1874192400802010115
Article History:
Received Date: 17/11/2008Revision Received Date: 24/11/2008
Acceptance Date: 28/11/2008
Electronic publication date: 16/12/2008
Collection year: 2008

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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.