1.
Heart Lung Circ
; 21(11): 750-3, 2012 Nov.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22503173
ABSTRACT
Cardiac fibromas are rare intracardiac neoplasms but represent the most common resectable tumours of childhood. They can remain asymptomatic for extended periods of time but a pertinent and unpredictable risk of sudden cardiac death and fatal ventricular arrhythmia always exists even in asymptomatic patients. We report a case of an asymptomatic two month-old with cardiac fibroma who presented with a ventricular tachycardia (VT) arrest. Here, we discuss management of cardiac fibroma in the context of occurrence of sudden VT.
Subject(s)
Fibroma/complications , Fibroma/physiopathology , Heart Neoplasms/complications , Heart Neoplasms/physiopathology , Tachycardia, Ventricular/complications , Tachycardia, Ventricular/physiopathology , Fatal Outcome , Fibroma/therapy , Heart Neoplasms/therapy , Humans , Infant , Male , Tachycardia, Ventricular/therapy
2.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg
; 40(5): e169, 2011 Nov.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21840728