Anesthetic management of a patient with incidental left atrial myxoma for proximal femur nailing: A case report

Cardiac myxomas are rare tumors with risks of cardiac outflow obstruction and embolic events. Surgical excision of the tumor at the earliest is the definitive treatment. We report the successful anesthetic management of a 65-year-old female patient with incidental left atrial myxoma for right proxim...

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Published inSaudi journal of anaesthesia Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 302 - 304
Main Authors Anne, Namita, Anandaswamy, Tejesh C, Govindswamy, Suresh, Ravichandran, Gowshik
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published India Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd 01.04.2024
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd
Wolters Kluwer - Medknow
Subjects
Anesthesia
Blood pressure
Bupivacaine
Case Report
Measurement
Myxoma
Atrial myxoma
cardiac tumors
tumor embolization
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Summary:Cardiac myxomas are rare tumors with risks of cardiac outflow obstruction and embolic events. Surgical excision of the tumor at the earliest is the definitive treatment. We report the successful anesthetic management of a 65-year-old female patient with incidental left atrial myxoma for right proximal femur nailing. The patient was asymptomatic with no significant cardiac history. Since fracture reduction cannot be deferred for a prolonged period, the case was taken up under general anesthesia with invasive blood pressure monitoring.
ISSN:1658-354X
0975-3125
DOI:10.4103/sja.sja_944_23