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Myxomas Causing Coronary Emboli Resulting in Acute Myocardial Infarction

Kutay Tademir, MD, M Halit Andaç, MD, Hakan Ceyran, MD, Alptekin Yasim, MD

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Erciyes University Medical School Kayseri, Turkey

For reprint information contact: Kutay Tademir, MD Tel: 90 352 235 7602 Fax: 96 352 222 3272 Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Erciyes University Medical School, Kayseri 38038, Turkey.

A 26-year-old female presented with chest pain, numbness in the legs, and electrocardiographic signs of left ventricular aneurysm and recent myocardial infarction. Transesophageal echocardiography detected a mass in each atria. Angiography demonstrated normal coronary arteries, a left ventricular aneurysm, and an apical thrombus. At surgery, myxomas were excised from both atria and the aneurysm was plicated, followed by peripheral embolectomy. The patient made a good recovery.