title: Left ventricular fibroma mimicking an acute coronary syndrome.
abstract: Cardiac fibromas are exceedingly rare neoplasms. We report the case of a 21-year-old woman who presented with symptoms that were initially misinterpreted as an acute coronary syndrome. Radical surgical resection was undertaken and was considered curative, as the mass histology was consistent with a benign fibroma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Rebro Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia. hgasparovic@kbc-zagreb.hr
authors.forename: Hrvoje
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gasparovic
authors.forename: Vedran
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Coric
authors.forename: Davor
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Milicic
authors.forename: Gordana
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rajsman
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Burcar
authors.forename: Ranka
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stern-Padovan
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jelic
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed