Successful excision of a right ventricular fibroma associated with ventricular tachycardia. Report of a six year survival.
A right ventricular (RV) tumor manifested by ventricular tachycardia (VT) accompanied by syncopal attacks was found in a 14 year old boy by two-dimensional echocardiography. Surgery was performed on February 10, 1981, with the aid of a cardiopulmonary bypass. The tumor was completely removed as a mass from the anterolateral portion of the RV wall. The wall was closed directly without any patch. The mass was 60 gm in weight and 7 by 4 by 4 cm in size. Fibroma was diagnosed by pathological study. The patient is doing well 6 years postoperatively. We conclude that two-dimensional echocardiography should be used to exclude cardiac tumors such as fibroma in young patients who have VT.
Kimura
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M
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Japan.
Fujino
T
T
Kawachi
Y
Y
Kitazato
K
K
D000293:Adolescent; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005350:Fibroma / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000209:etiology*; D013997:Time Factors