Cardiac Myxoma in a Patient With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Weng-Tein Gi, MD, MSc; Farbod Sedaghat-Hamedani, MD; Omid Shirvani Samani, MD; Elham Kayvanpour, MD; Esther Herpel, MD; Rawa Arif, MD; Johannes Riffel, MD; Derliz Mereles, MD; Hugo A. Katus, MD; Benjamin Meder, MD

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.11.072

JACC: Case Reports (Mar 2020)

Cardiac Myxoma in a Patient With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Weng-Tein Gi, MD, MSc,
Farbod Sedaghat-Hamedani, MD,
Omid Shirvani Samani, MD,
Elham Kayvanpour, MD,
Esther Herpel, MD,
Rawa Arif, MD,
Johannes Riffel, MD,
Derliz Mereles, MD,
Hugo A. Katus, MD,
Benjamin Meder, MD

Affiliations

Weng-Tein Gi, MD, MSc: Department of Medicine III, Institute for Cardiomyopathy, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Heidelberg/Mannheim, Germany
Farbod Sedaghat-Hamedani, MD: Department of Medicine III, Institute for Cardiomyopathy, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Heidelberg/Mannheim, Germany
Omid Shirvani Samani, MD: Department of Medicine III, Institute for Cardiomyopathy, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Heidelberg/Mannheim, Germany
Elham Kayvanpour, MD: Department of Medicine III, Institute for Cardiomyopathy, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Heidelberg/Mannheim, Germany
Esther Herpel, MD: Institute of Pathology Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Rawa Arif, MD: Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Johannes Riffel, MD: Department of Medicine III, Institute for Cardiomyopathy, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Heidelberg/Mannheim, Germany
Derliz Mereles, MD: Department of Medicine III, Institute for Cardiomyopathy, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Heidelberg/Mannheim, Germany
Hugo A. Katus, MD: Department of Medicine III, Institute for Cardiomyopathy, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Heidelberg/Mannheim, Germany
Benjamin Meder, MD: Department of Medicine III, Institute for Cardiomyopathy, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Heidelberg/Mannheim, Germany; Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, California; Address for correspondence: Dr. Benjamin Meder, Department of Medicine III, University of Heidelberg, INF 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.11.072
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 3
pp. 378 – 383

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We report a rare case of concomitant hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and cardiac myxoma without LEOPARD syndrome. Additionally, 6 similar cases were systemically reviewed, and the characteristics of this first-ever studied patient group were summarized. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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