Atrial myxomas causing severe left and right ventricular dysfunction

Abstract

Myxomas are the most common cardiac tumors, accounting for about 50% of benign primary cardiac tumors, with the majority located in the left atrium, and 80% of which originate in the interatrial septum. We report two cases with severe cachexia, neurological sequelae, and severe biventricle dysfunction secondary to atrial myxomas with marked early improvement after tumor excision.

Keywords

• Biatrial myxoma
• intracardiac mass
• left ventricular dysfunction
• right ventricular dysfunction