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Conservative management of a left ventricle apical septum cardiac haemangioma, diagnosed via cardiovascular magnetic resonance, resulted in a stable clinical condition upon follow-up.
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CMR is a useful non-ionizing imaging modality for diagnosing rare cardiac haemangiomas and guiding conservative management.
CMR may facilitate pre-operative diagnosis of rare cardiac haemangiomas; leaves open need for larger validation studies.
Cardiac haemangiomas are rare cardiac tumours that are usually asymptomatic and detected incidentally while imaging the heart with echocardiogram. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is a non-ionising imaging modality that allows the diagnosis of cardiac haemangiomas prior to surgery. We report a 36-year old male patient who was referred to the Adult Cardiology Clinic at the Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman, in 2006 with a history of a left ventricle mass detected on echocardiogram. Further assessment of the mass by CMR revealed that the mass within the left ventricle apical septum contained features that were consistent with a cardiac haemangioma. Due to the surgical risk of ventricular septal defect and the stability of the mass, the patient was managed conservatively and upon follow-up the patient's condition remained stable.
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Umairi et al. (2021) conducted a case report in Left ventricle intramuscular haemangioma (n=1). Conservative management was evaluated on Clinical stability. Conservative management of a left ventricle apical septum cardiac haemangioma, diagnosed via cardiovascular magnetic resonance, resulted in a stable clinical condition upon follow-up.
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