Insuficiencia mitral severa posresección de mixoma auricular gigante: presentación de un caso y revisión de la literatura

The absence of mitral insufficiency in the preoperative examination should not be taken as a reliable predictor of normal valve function. So herein, we discuss the role of the intraoperative echocardiographic examination, the underlying mechanisms, and the proposed management of severe mitral regurgitation following the resection of an atrial myxoma.