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Acute myocardial infarction in a 15-year old secondary to myxomatous embolisation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 January 2005

Hugh M. van Gelder ,
Jeffrey P. Jacobs  and
Jorge McCormack
Hugh M. van Gelder
Affiliation:
The Congenital Heart Institute of Florida (CHIF), All Children's Hospital, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
Jeffrey P. Jacobs
Affiliation:
The Congenital Heart Institute of Florida (CHIF), All Children's Hospital, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
Jorge McCormack
Affiliation:
The Congenital Heart Institute of Florida (CHIF), All Children's Hospital, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
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Abstract

We present a 15-year-old white male who presented with an acute myocardial infarction secondary to embolisation of tissue from a left atrial myxoma. He successfully underwent resection of the myxoma, and embolectomy of the fragments of tumour lodged in the coronary artery.

Keywords

Adolescent chest paincardiac tumour
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 14 , Issue 6 , December 2004 , pp. 658 - 660
Copyright
© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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