Surgical Treatment of a Huge Cavernous Hemangioma Surrounding the Right Coronary Artery

Hemangioma of the heart is an extremely rare benign cardiac tumor. A 61-year-old woman presented with a huge hemangioma on the right ventricle. The tumor was completely surrounding the right coronary artery. Under cardiopulmonary bypass, the right coronary artery was transected from the aortic sinus...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Annals of thoracic surgery 2005-05, Vol.79 (5), p.1765-1767
Hauptverfasser:	Turkoz, Riza, Gulcan, Oner, Oguzkurt, Levent, Atalay, Hakan, Bolat, Bulent, Sezgin, Alpay
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anastomosis, Surgical Aorta, Thoracic - surgery Biological and medical sciences Cardiopulmonary Bypass - methods Coronary Vessels Female Hemangioma, Cavernous - pathology Hemangioma, Cavernous - surgery Humans Medical sciences Middle Aged Neoplasms, Vascular Tissue - pathology Neoplasms, Vascular Tissue - surgery Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Surgery of the respiratory system Treatment Outcome
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Zusammenfassung:	Hemangioma of the heart is an extremely rare benign cardiac tumor. A 61-year-old woman presented with a huge hemangioma on the right ventricle. The tumor was completely surrounding the right coronary artery. Under cardiopulmonary bypass, the right coronary artery was transected from the aortic sinus and the supplying arteries of the tumor were divided. The tumor was successfully resected, and the right coronary artery was reanastomosed to the aortic sinus.
ISSN:	0003-4975 1552-6259
DOI:	10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.10.100