Ventricular mass: a clinical and surgical conundrum

Ventricular mass: a clinical and surgical conundrum

Cardiac tumours are rare in occurrence. The authors report a patient who presented with a history of recurrent transient ischemic attacks and cerebrovascular accidents. During rehabilitation he was incidentally diagnosed with a large left ventricular mass which was excised successfully with good cli...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ Case Reports 2011, Vol.2011
Hauptverfasser: Mishra, Pankaj Kumar, Davison, Paul, Lakshmanan, Suresh, Martinelli, Giampaolo, Billing, Stephen John
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Cardiac tumours are rare in occurrence. The authors report a patient who presented with a history of recurrent transient ischemic attacks and cerebrovascular accidents. During rehabilitation he was incidentally diagnosed with a large left ventricular mass which was excised successfully with good clinical outcome. On histopathology it was a papillary fibroelastoma.
ISSN:1757-790X
DOI:10.1136/bcr.04.2010.2875