Cardiac rhabdomyoma in an adult patient presenting with right ventricular outflow tract obstruction

Aktoz, Meryem; Tatli, Ersan; Ege, Turan; Yalcin, Omer; Buyuklu, MUTLU; Aksu, Feza; Gul, Cetin; Ozdemir, Cigdem

doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.06.109

Cardiac rhabdomyoma in an adult patient presenting with right ventricular outflow tract obstruction

Aktoz M., Tatli E., Ege T., Yalcin O., Buyuklu M., Aksu F., ...More

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY, vol.130, no.3, 2008 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Publication Type: Article / Letter
Volume: 130 Issue: 3
Publication Date: 2008
Doi Number: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.06.109
Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Erzincan Binali Yildirim University Affiliated: No

Abstract

We present a 24 year old woman with cardiac rhabdomyoma. Cardiac rhabdomyoma is the most common benign cardiac tumor in infants, but in adults, cardiac rhabdomyoma is very rare. These tumors are often spontaneously reversible because they are associated to the right or left ventricular outflow tract obstruction, tachyarrhythmias and heart failure where surgery is necessary. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.