title: Intractable ventricular tachycardia secondary to cardiac hemangioma.
abstract: Cardiac tumors are rare and have a known association with ventricular dysrhythmias, especially ventricular tachycardia. We report a case of intractable ventricular tachycardia in a middle-aged man developing on a background of known, presumed benign, cardiac neoplasm. The ventricular tachycardia was controlled with long-term medical therapy. Surgical resection of the cardiac mass combined with cryoablation cured the dysrhythmia. Appearances at histopathology were those of a benign intracardiac hemangioma. Surgical treatment has an important but forgotten role in the management of ventricular arrhythmias, which is more definitive and carries a higher success rate compared with medical management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Yasir
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Abu-Omar
authors.forename: Kenechukwu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mezue
authors.forename: Ayyaz
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Kneeshaw
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goddard
authors.forename: Stephen R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Large
mesh_terms: D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery