Vega CR, Vega JJ, Mirabal RR, Rodríguez SLA

Language: Spanish
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Page: 94-100
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ABSTRACT

Primary cardiac tumors are rare diseases in all age groups and account for 0.2% of all human neoplasms. Cardiac myxomas have an annual incidence of 0.5 per million people. We present the case of a 60-year-old man with a personal pathological history of ischemic heart disease and heart failure, diagnosed two years ago, when he began to have repeated episodes of palpitations, angina and sudden dyspnea, especially when getting up from bed. The patient presented symptoms and signs of intermittent mitral stenosis, heart rhythm disorders (blocked atrial fibrillation) and episodes of acute coronary syndrome. The echocardiogram showed the presence of a pedunculated left atrial myxoma, which was immediately referred to the Cardiovascular Surgery Department for surgical treatment.