Key result
Surgical resection of a large interventricular fibroma treats multiple VT episodes and syncope.
Why the study?
Cardiac fibromas can cause malignant arrhythmias, syncope, and sudden death, making surgical resection the definitive treatment to prevent fatal complications.
Surgical resection is presented as a definitive treatment for a large, arrhythmogenic interventricular fibroma causing ventricular tachycardia and syncope.
May support resection of cardiac fibromas to reduce VT/SCD risk; leaves open need for prospective data to guide patient selection.
Cardiac fibromas are known to be rare and have a mostly benign nature. Despite their benign histopathology, fibromas may become clinically significant by exerting compression or inflow-outflow occlusion, considering their size and location. Therefore, the risks for malignant arrythmias, especially ventricular tachycardia, syncope and sudden cardiac deaths increase significantly. Given their possible arrhythmogenic nature, surgical resection of cardiac fibromas remains the definitive treatment to tackle these fatal complications. We present surgical management of a young adult female patient with a large interventricular fibroma causing multiple episodes of ventricular tachycardia and syncope.
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Ak et al. (2026) studied this question. Surgical resection of a large interventricular cardiac fibroma was performed to manage multiple episodes of ventricular tachycardia and syncope in a young adult female.
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