Ventricular septal hamartoma mimicking hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in a 41-year-old woman presenting with paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia - 21/08/11
Doi : 10.1016/j.echo.2004.09.030
Gregory Gilman, BS * : RDCS, FASE, R. Scott Wright, MD *, ⁎ : FACC, FESC, James F. Glockner, MD †, R. Scott Starrett, MD 
: FACC/FSCAI, William H. Hansen, MMS * : RDCS, FASE, Lawrence J. Sinak, MD * : FACC, Henry D. Tazelaar, MD ‡, A. Jamil Tajik, MD * : FACC, Joseph A. Dearani, MD §
Division of Cardiology, the Heart Group, Evansville, Indiana, USA
: FACC/FSCAI, William H. Hansen, MMS * : RDCS, FASE, Lawrence J. Sinak, MD * : FACC, Henry D. Tazelaar, MD ‡, A. Jamil Tajik, MD * : FACC, Joseph A. Dearani, MD § * Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
† Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
‡ Division of Anatomic Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
§ Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Division of Cardiology, the Heart Group, Evansville, Indiana, USA 
Reprint requests: R. Scott Wright, MD, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905Résumé |
We report an unusual case of cardiac hamartoma involving the ventricular septum. The patient presented with palpitations and exertional chest pain. Echocardiography indicated a large homogeneous mass occupying the superior two-thirds of the ventricular septum. This report confirms the use of transthoracic echocardiography as a screening tool in the diagnosis and management of an uncommon case of a benign cardiac tumor.
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Vol 18 - N° 3
P. 272-274 - mars 2005 Retour au numéro
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