Abstract
Atrial myxoma is the most common, primary cardiac tumor. Cardiac myxoma represents 75% of all benign tumor. About 50% originating from the left atrium, near the interatrial septum at fossa ovalis. Myxoma can cause a systematic embolism, obstruction in the blood flow, mimicking mitral stenosis. Some patients have non-specific symptoms like fever, weight loss, or fatigue. The only treatment is surgical resection with high success rates, and the recurrences are rare. We report a case of heart failure with an acute onset and rapid progression. A 68-year-old male was found to have a left atrial myxoma with obstruction of mitral inflow on echocardiogram. The patient underwent success- ful excision of the myxoma using cardiopulmonary bypass support with an uneventful recovery. The histopathological findings confirmed recent hemor- rhage into the myxoma. The patient discharged and he is in an excellent clinical status at 3-year follow-up.
