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European Heart Journal 1988 9(1):110-113;
Copyright © 1988 by the European Society of Cardiology.
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© 1988 The European Society of Cardiology

Survival of a patient with an infected right atrial myxoma following surgery

H. A. JAMIDAR, S. W. WEBB and A. A. J. ADGEY

Regional Medical Cardiology Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast BT12 6BA, U.K.

Received 23 June 1987; revised 31 July 1987; .

Abstract

We describe an infected right atrial myxoma in a previously healthy 16-year-old schoolboy. He presented with high temperatures and rigors due to staph aureus septicaemia. The illness responded slowly to antibiotics and he became afebrile. Whilst awaiting surgery the temperature recurred. He underwent removal of the myxoma and is the only reported patient to have survived infection of a right atrial myxoma.

Key Words: infected right atrial myxoma • surgery


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