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Metastatic tumors are the most common tumors affecting the heart. Primary tumors are rare, with myxomas being the most common of the primary cardiac tumors. The incidence of primary cardiac tumors is 0.02%, about 200 cases has been reported in 1 million autopsies. Most of primary cardiac tumors have been detected incidentally on diagnostic modalities: computed tomography (CT), cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or echocardiography. Majority of primary-origin cardiac tumors are benign, of which the most common type of primary tumor is cardiac myxoma. Fibroelastoma is a rare benign tumor and the 2nd most common cause of primary cardiac tumors. In the past fibroelastoma has been detected on autopsy findings. With the development of more advanced imaging modalities fibroelastoma is more frequently detected as a cause of stroke, myocardial infarction (MI), angina episodes, and systemic embolization. Echocardiogram is the best diagnostic modality to diagnose primary cardiac tumors although transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) can miss primary cardiac tumors; transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) has been more labeled more accurate in the diagnosis of primary cardiac tumors. We present here a case of a 21-year-old male with the history of multiple strokes secondary to cardiac papillary fibroelastoma (CPF).
AME Case Rep 2017
PMID:Enigma of recurrent strokes with literature review. 3026 92

The treatment of chronic total occlusion (CTO) of coronary arteries allowed for a remarkable improvement in success rates and is represented by the introduction of the "Hybrid algorithm". An inability to cross the occlusion with a guidewire is the most common cause of failure of CTO revascularization. As antegrade options are limited, intervention upon the extreme angulation of the coronary artery warrants a retrograde approach. Here, we report a 58-year-old man with symptoms of effort angina complicated with three-vessel disease and CTO of the right coronary artery (RCA). Left main artery bifurcation lesions were treated with systematic two-stent strategies and intervention upon RCA CTO after three months by means of a combination of the antegrade and retrograde approaches. The RCA was eventually revascularized by the implantation of stents, and no adverse events were observed during hospitalization.
AME Case Rep 2019
PMID:Successful revascularization of right coronary artery chronic total occlusion by the antegrade and retrograde approaches. 3155 86

Thymomas are usually tumors with a good prognosis but with potential to invade nearby structures. We report a case of a 56-year-old woman previously diagnosed with an invasive thymoma that came to the emergence room with symptoms of acute coronary syndrome. After a coronary computed tomography angiography, it was seen that the tumor was invading the myocardial and it was irrigated by the left circumflex coronary and its branches. Considering her poor prognosis, it was decided not to make further interventions. This case highlights a unique and rare case of an unresectable thymoma that was invading the myocardium and it was irrigated by the left circumflex coronary and its branches, causing typical angina due to compromised coronary blood flow by the mass causing ischemia.
AME Case Rep 2020
PMID:Acute coronary syndrome due to an invasive thymoma with blood supply by circumflex artery-a case report. 3317 4