Acute COVID-19 Pneumonia Unmasking a Large Left Atrial Myxoma

Linle Hou; Joshua S Newman; Joseph You; Michael J Esposito; Rajiv Jauhar; Sheel K Vatsia; Bani M Azari

doi:10.1055/s-0042-1756203

Acute COVID-19 Pneumonia Unmasking a Large Left Atrial Myxoma

Int J Angiol. 2022 Aug 25;32(4):280-283. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1756203. eCollection 2023 Dec.

Authors

Linle Hou¹, Joshua S Newman², Joseph You³, Michael J Esposito⁴, Rajiv Jauhar¹, Sheel K Vatsia², Bani M Azari¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York.
² Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York.
⁴ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York.

Abstract

This is a case of acute coronavirus disease 2019 pneumonia that revealed an incidental large atrial myxoma with obstructive physiology that ultimately required emergent treatment with a definitive atriotomy and resection of the underlying myxoma.

Keywords: COVID-19; atrial myxoma; atriotomy; cardiothoracic surgery; sternotomy.

International College of Angiology. This article is published by Thieme.

Publication types

Case Reports