Miksoma jantung merupakan tumor primer jinak yang paling umum. Meskipun secara histologis bersifat jinak, namun dapat berpotensi terjadinya emboli sistemik dan serebral, bahkan menyebabkan kematian mendadak. Karena kasus miksoma langka jarang dikenali, diagnosis awalnya sering keliru.
 Cardiac myxoma is the most common benign primary cardiac tumor. Although myxomas are histologically benig...

Splenic involvement is not uncommon among patients with infective endocarditis (IE). These patients are susceptible to massive intra-abdominal haemorrhage resulting either from splenic rupture complicating endocarditis or from complication of major splenectomy. We report a patient with splenic haematoma complicating IE with progressive cardiac decompensation and valve destruction warranting ear...

Insertion of inferior vena cava filters has been well established in literature, reducing occurrence of pulmonary embolism after an episode of deep venous thrombosis in patients with contraindication to anticoagulation. There are a small number of complications related to procedure and embolization is rare. In this context, we described a case of intracardiac embolization associated with cardia...

Upper gastrointestinal bleeding is one of the most frequent complications after cardiac surgery and endoscopic treatment (ET) is often the first-choice procedure. When it fails, surgery can be an option but has significant mortality and morbidity. We propose arterial embolization (TAE: transcatheter arterial embolization) as an alternative treatment in selected cases.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Dural AVF is a vascular anomaly that rarely occurs in children and is best treated by endovascular embolization. We report our experience using various endovascular embolization techniques in the treatment of dural AVF in a pediatric population. METHODS Seven children with angiographically proven dural AVF were treated with endovascular embolization using microcoils, N-...

Cardiac myxomas are benign tumors composed of sparse stellate cells in an extensive mucoid stroma. The surface of these tumors is often friable and gelatinous. Their intracardiac location makes embolization a constant threat. We report a patient who had diffuse systemic embolization of a left atrial myxoma coincident with a low-velocity frontal motor vehicle crash.

Cardiac myxoma is the most common primary tumor of the heart, located mainly in the left atrium. Cerebral embolization or intracranial aneurysm formation as a consequence of left atrial myxomas has been well documented, whereas myxoma embolization causing the combination of cerebral infarction and intracranial myxomatous aneurysm is rare. We report herein, a 67-year-old female with a cardiac my...

Left Atrial Myxoma as a Neurological Problem: A Case Report and Review • A puzzling neurological illness in a patient with a clinically normal heart was explained at autopsy by cerebral embolization from a left atrial myxoma (LAM). Constitutional symptoms associated with LAM were present. Cerebral angiography revealed aneurysms and focal areas of abnormal blushing. Cerebral and cardiac patholog...