Description

• Title:
  Left atrial myxoma with concomitant coronary artery stenosis: comprehensive diagnosis and treatment
• Creator:
  Ciechański, Erwin;
  Ciechański, Krystian;
  Szponar, Jarosław;
  Kołątaj, Piotr;
  Szczasny, Marcin;
  Głowniak, Andrzej;
  Szumiło, Justyna
• Description:
    A 69-year-old patient was admitted to the Department of Cardiology due to an accidental finding on a chest X-ray, enlarged heart outline, accompanied by worsening of heart failure to NYHA II with LVEF, about 30%. In the X-ray description, an enlargement of the left atrium silhouette with local calcifications. The patient underwent TTE, confirming the presence of a pedunculated tumor of the left atrium attached to the ceiling measuring 3.5x3.5x2.2 cm. Due to the ischemic heart disease manifestation patient uderwent coronarography confirming the presence of single-vessel coronary artery disease with changes in the middle segment of the LAD. Patient was treated with CABG LIMA-LAD surgery and removeal the left atrial tumor. Post operation tissue material prooved the preseance of left atrium myxoma. The postoperative course was uneventful, the patient was discharged home. 
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights:
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2022 Erwin Ciechański, Krystian Ciechański, Jarosław Szponar, Piotr Kołątaj, Marcin Szczasny, Andrzej Głowniak, Justyna Szumiło;
  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
• Date:
  2022.02.05
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
• Language:
  English
• Source:
  Journal of Education, Health and Sport; Vol. 12 No. 2 (2022); 78-83;
  Journal of Education, Health and Sport; Tom 12 Nr 2 (2022); 78-83;
  2391-8306
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
• Relation: https://apcz.umk.pl/JEHS/article/view/37372/31632
• Subject:
  cardiac tumor;
  myxoma;
  heart failure;
  CABG
• Identifier: https://apcz.umk.pl/JEHS/article/view/37372
• Data provider:
  Akademicka Platforma Czasopism
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• Type:
  text