Giant Right Atrial Myxoma Presenting With Right Heart Failure
Right atrial myxomas (RAMs) are exceedingly rare cardiac tumors that can incur devastating complications. These tumors are capable of producing right-sided heart failure (rHF) through obstruction of venous return and tricuspid inflow. Herein, we describe a 52-year-old woman presenting with classic symptomatology of rHF as clinical sequelae of a giant RAM. The clinician should be cognizant of RAMs as an atypical etiology of rHF, and the complementary imaging modalities in the diagnostic work-up and early surgical resection as key management strategies.
Authors
- Shari Khan
- Dayna Lalchansingh
- Rajeev Seecheran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2008-5163)
- Naveen Seecheran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7779-0181)
- Valmiki Seecheran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5695-2359)
- Arun Maharaj (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1698-6997)
- Arun Katwaroo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0401-1918)
- Priya Ramcharan
Institutions
- University of New Mexico (US)
- University of the West Indies (TT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports
- Published
- 2025-03-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/23247096251329706
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac tumors and thrombi
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00