title: Left atrial cardiac hemangioma associated with shortness of breath and palpitations.
abstract: We present a patient with a left atrial hemangioma associated with shortness of breath and irregular heart-beats. Imaging modalities used to evaluate this rare tumor demonstrated characteristic features of its vascular nature. After successful surgical excision of the tumor under cardiopulmonary bypass, there were no clinical or echocardiographic evidence of recurrence at 18 months.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Surgery, and Cardiology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, White Memorial Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA.
authors.forename: Lucy J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.forename: Ramsay C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Nucho
authors.forename: John W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: Richard L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Rohde
authors.forename: Francis Y K
authors.initials: FY
authors.lastname: Lau
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged