Open AccessOrthotopic Heart Transplant: A Therapeutic Option for Unresectable Cardiac Fibroma in Infants
Author(s) -
Kobayashi Daisuke,
L'Ecuyer Thomas J.,
Aggarwal Sanjeev
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
congenital heart disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.828
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1747-0803
pISSN - 1747-079X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2011.00577.x
Subject(s) - medicine , rhabdomyoma , fibroma , interventricular septum , cardiology , surgery , radiology , pathology , ventricle , tuberous sclerosis
Primary cardiac tumors are rare lesions in childhood, with the two most common being rhabdomyoma and fibroma. We report two infants who successfully underwent orthotopic heart transplant for massive interventricular septal cardiac fibromas. For unresectable infantile cardiac fibroma, orthotopic heart transplant may be considered a therapeutic option.
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