Heart transplantation in an infant with rhabdomyoma

Heart transplantation in an infant with rhabdomyoma

Rhabdomyoma is the most common primary cardiac tumor in infants and children and is often associated with tuberous sclerosis. Surgical resection may be indicated and, if so, is usually curative. We describe a rhabdomyoma in an infant who presented with severe myocardial ischemia necessitating orthot...

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Veröffentlicht in:Pediatric cardiology 1995-07, Vol.16 (4), p.204-206
Hauptverfasser: Demkow, M, Sorensen, K, Whitehead, B F, Rees, P G, Sullivan, I D, Elliott, M J, de Leval, M R
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Sprache:eng
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Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography
Graft Survival
Heart Neoplasms - diagnosis
Heart Neoplasms - physiopathology
Heart Neoplasms - surgery
Heart Transplantation
Humans
Infant
Male
Myocardial Ischemia - diagnosis
Rhabdomyoma - diagnosis
Rhabdomyoma - physiopathology
Rhabdomyoma - surgery
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Zusammenfassung:Rhabdomyoma is the most common primary cardiac tumor in infants and children and is often associated with tuberous sclerosis. Surgical resection may be indicated and, if so, is usually curative. We describe a rhabdomyoma in an infant who presented with severe myocardial ischemia necessitating orthotopic heart transplantation.
ISSN:0172-0643
1432-1971
DOI:10.1007/BF00794197