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Catheter Ablation in Combination With Left Atrial Appendage Closure for Atrial Fibrillation
Published on: February 26, 2013
Right atrial appendage myxoma following recent coronary artery bypass grafting
Vasilios D Kollias1, Stergios P Theodoropoulos, Magdi H Yacoub
1Department of Cardiac Surgery, Iaso General Clinic, Mesogeion 264 Ave, 155 62 Holargos, Athens, Greece. kolliasv@otenet.gr
Abstract:
A 71-year-old male presented with recurrent atrial fibrillation, anaemia and thrombocytopenia. Six months ago he underwent an urgent triple coronary artery bypass-grafting elsewhere. Postoperatively he complained of fatigue and low-grade fever. Echocardiographs and magnetic resonance imaging showed a right atrial appendage mass, which afterwards was resected. Histology confirmed a benign myxoma. Patient's symptoms spontaneously resolved. This report demonstrates the unusual sites that myxoma may occur, with probable serious complications in case of urgent heart operations. This case also emphasizes the need for preoperative echocardiography in open heart operations or in cases with recurrent atrial fibrillation.
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