Echocardiographic evaluation of cardiac rhabdomyoma in infants and children

11 Chinese infants and children (9 boys, 2 girls; mean age 1.1 years, range 1 day to 6.5 years) diagnosed with cardiac rhabdomyoma, out of 12,800 children under 15 years screened. 8 patients had tuberous sclerosis (TS) or a family history of TS.

Echocardiographic evaluation and follow-up (conservative management in 8 patients, emergency surgery in 2 patients).

Clinical presentation, echocardiographic findings, morbidity and mortality rates, and tumor regression.