%0 Journal Article %T A MITRAL VALVE MYXOMA: CASE REPORT %J Iranian Heart Journal %I Iranian Heart Association %Z %A RAFIGHDOUST, A.A. %A TAYYEBEH, M. %A JALALI, F. %D 2006 %\ 03/01/2006 %V 7 %N 2 %P 44-47 %! A MITRAL VALVE MYXOMA: CASE REPORT %K Myxoma %K MITRAL VALVE %K 2D ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY %R %X Myxoma is the most common type of primary tumors of the heart. It is a rare tumor with an estimated incidence of 0.5 per million populations per year. Most cardiac myxomas originate in the atrial septum in the area of the fossa ovalis and 75% occur in the left atrium. Valvular myxomas are very rare: the tricuspid valve is the most frequently involved location, followed by the mitral, pulmonic, and aortic valves.Our case was a 24-year-old male with mitral valve myxoma and a history of progressive dyspnea.After diagnosis was confirmed by 2-dimensional echocardiography, he underwent cardiac surgery, the tumor was successfully excised from the posterior leaflet of the mitral valve, and the mitral valve defect was repaired with direct suture %U http://journal.iha.org.ir/article_84025_1de2b7970ffc7f48457676b333658a73.pdf