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Surgical excision of a rare cardiac tumor: Cardiac hibernoma
Author(s) -
Lee Michelle,
Yates Martin T.,
Mistirian AlinaAdriana,
Sheaff Michael,
Lawrence David
Publication year - 2021
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/jocs.15460
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac tamponade , superior vena cava , surgical excision , right atrium , cardiac surgery , left atrium , surgery , radiology , tamponade , cardiology , atrial fibrillation
Background and Aim Cardiac hibernoma is a very rare benign cardiac tumour. We report a case of its surgical management. Methods A case study with retrospective review of prospective patient data. Results A 60 year old male who presented with acute shortness of breath was found to have SVC compression on cardiac imaging. At operation the tumour was in the right atrial wall invading the intra‐atrial groove and extending over superior vena cava (SVC), causing significant symptoms of SVC obstruction and tamponade. This was resected and the right atrium was reconstructed with Bovine pericardial patch. He was discharged home well. Conclusions Cardiac hibernoma is a rare tumour which can be successfully treated by surgical excision.