INFECTED LEFT ATRIAL-MYXOMA WITH CONCOMITANT MITRAL-VALVE ENDOCARDITIS

Authors
VOGT PR JENNI R TURINA MI
Citation
Pr. Vogt et al., INFECTED LEFT ATRIAL-MYXOMA WITH CONCOMITANT MITRAL-VALVE ENDOCARDITIS, European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery, 10(1), 1996, pp. 71-73
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
10107940
Volume
10
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
71 - 73
Database
ISI
SICI code
1010-7940(1996)10:1<71:ILAWCM>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Myxomas are the most common primary cardiac tumors. They may simulate infective endocarditis but are rarely infected. Currently, 17 infected left atrial myxomas have been reported in the literature [1, 7, 8, 10 , 11]. We present a patient with infected left atrial myxoma combined with mitral valve endocarditis, treated by excision of the myxoma and mitral valve reconstruction.