Introduction
Cardiac myxomas are rare, and approximately 75% of them are known to
develop in the left atrium. Clinical symptoms of cardiac myxomas vary
from unapparent to lethal complications such as embolisms, acute heart
failure, or even sudden death1. Timely diagnosis and
urgent surgical treatment are crucial; however, there are a number of
patients who die of severe heart failure before
surgery2. Here, we report the case of a patient with a
large left atrial myxoma that was asymptomatic until the acute onset of
heart failure along with refractory shock. Extracorporeal membrane
oxygenation (ECMO) was used as a bridge between his transfer and
surgery.