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Cardiac myxoma is the most common benign tumor of the heart that occurs in adult population. It can cause several specific and nonspecific symptoms, especially depending on localization and size of the tumor. The disease may take many months and years being unrecognized and asymptomatic. The echocardiography is the golden standard in diagnostic process of cardiac tumors, but in many cases the finding is incidental and the diagnosis is often challenging. We present a case report of the left atrial myxoma manifesting with multiple acute limb ischemia. After urgent thrombectomy and embolectomy a sample of thrombus was sent for histology. The conclusion was the benign tumor of the heart. The coronary catheterization showed two critical stenoses on RIA and chronic occlusion of RCA. The patient was indicated for incomplete revascularization and the extirpation of the cardiac tumor. The patient three months after the surgery is with no signs of tumor on echocardiogram.

Alcohol septal ablation (ASA) is a catheter-based intervention that has been used as an alternative to surgical myectomy in highly symptomatic patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM). However, clinically relevant complications can result, including death and complete heart block (CHB) associated with syncope or resuscitation. This study was designed to evaluate the incidence of major ASA-related adverse cardiac events.