title: [A case of left ventricular hemangioma].
abstract: Left ventricle hemangioma in a 54-year-old man is reported. He was admitted to our hospital for chest discomfort. Coronary angiograms showed normal coronary arteries and a contrast blush in the left interventricle septum. Transesophageal echocardiogram also demonstrated the small floating tumor in the ventricular septum below the right coronary cusp. With the aid of cardiopulmonary bypass, the tumor was resected completely through transaortic approach. Histological examination revealed capillary hemangioma. The patient had uneventful recovery. To our knowledge, this is the seventh case of a left ventricular hemangioma treated surgically reported in the world literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Cardiology, Saga Prefectural Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshitake
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hayashida
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohteki
mesh_terms: D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged