“…To the best of the authors' knowledge, only 11 cases of aortic valve myxoma have been previously reported in the literature [ Table 1]. [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] Interestingly, nine of these previously reported patients were male, as in the current case; this is contrary to the usual female preponderance of myxoma cases. 1,[4][5][6][7][8][9]11,13,14 Overall, six aortic valve myxoma patients were symptomatic, with symptoms largely attributable to distal embolisation and ischaemia, including three cases with stroke, two with myocardial infarctions and one with limb ischaemia.…”