Premium
Surgical Treatment of Giant Intramural Left Ventricular Fibroma in an Adult Patient with Refractory Ventricular Tachycardia
Author(s) -
Gualis Javier,
Castaño Mario,
GómezPlana Jesús,
Martín Carlos,
Alonso David
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2010.01105.x
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , ventricular tachycardia , fibroma , refractory (planetary science) , magnetic resonance imaging , cardiology , tachycardia , radiology , cardiac magnetic resonance imaging , surgery , pathology , physics , astrobiology
Cardiac fibromas are rare benign tumors predominantly diagnosed in children and teenagers. We report a 57‐year‐old male patient with class II dyspnea and angina. During electrocardiographic assessment, recurrent ventricular tachycardia was present and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a giant (12.5 × 5 × 4 cm) intramural left ventricular tumor compatible with cardiac fibroma. After surgical biopsy and histological confirmation, open‐heart surgical resection was successfully performed. After nine months of follow up, the patient remains asymptomatic without evidence of ventricular tachycardia. (J Card Surg 2010;25:656‐658)