Right Ventricular Myxoma Presenting in a Patient With Known Arteriovenous Malformations in the Brain: A Case Report
Cardiac myxomas extending from the right ventricle are uncommon and this rare condition is potentially associated with several risks and poor outcomes. We report the case of a patient with a right ventricular myxoma who had a recent haemorrhagic stroke due to an arteriovenous malformation. The preoperative and intraoperative managements were challenging and required several difficult choices by the medical team and consequently, a multidisciplinary approach and a benefit-risk evaluation were necessary to determinate timely surgical resection in an urgent situation, simultaneously avoiding delayed or improper treatments, achieving a successful outcome in a very high-risk situation.
Authors
- Alberto Piacentini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5540-5839)
- Eleonora Bonicolini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3521-4362)
- Michele Pilato (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0390-0664)
- Paolo Capuano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8236-5147)
- Matthew Adam Kocher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1559-8514)
- Phillip V. Asaro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6301-7673)
- Marco Morsolini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5060-9357)
- Gaetano Burgio
- Maria Scarlata
- Giovanna Panarello (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5740-0644)
Institutions
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (US)
- Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia
- Published
- 2024-11-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4103/aca.aca_69_24
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac tumors and thrombi
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00