Surgical resection of a giant cardiac fibroma can be performed successfully while preserving left ventricular function.
Supports feasibility of resection in giant cardiac fibroma; hypothesis-generating from single Level 5 case.
A 42-year-old woman presented to a regional hospital emergency room with palpitations and was found to be in ventricular tachycardia. Chest radiography demonstrated a massively enlarged cardiac silhouette. Echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a mass within the left ventricular free wall, consistent with a cardiac fibroma. The patient proceeded to have surgical resection of the mass. Left ventricular function was preserved postoperatively.
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