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Cardiac rhabdomyoma in an adult patient presenting with ventricular arrhythmia.

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Krasuski, RA; Hesselson, AB; Landolfo, KP; Ellington, KJ; Bashore, TM
Published in: Chest
October 2000

Cardiac rhabdomyomas are extremely uncommon in the adult patient. We describe a previously healthy man who presented with ventricular arrhythmias resulting from a right ventricular, cardiac rhabdomyoma. Echocardiography, CT scanning, and MRI are recognized as useful diagnostic modalities for intracardiac lesions. Cardiac catheterization in our patient demonstrated the presence of a tumor blush. This has not previously been reported with cardiac rhabdomyomas. Although lesions may spontaneously regress, surgery is often necessary and frequently resolves the underlying arrhythmia.

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Chest

DOI

ISSN

0012-3692

Publication Date

October 2000

Volume

118

Issue

4

Start / End Page

1217 / 1221

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular
  • Rhabdomyoma
  • Respiratory System
  • Male
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Humans
  • Heart Ventricles
  • Heart Neoplasms
  • Electrocardiography
 

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Krasuski, R. A., Hesselson, A. B., Landolfo, K. P., Ellington, K. J., & Bashore, T. M. (2000). Cardiac rhabdomyoma in an adult patient presenting with ventricular arrhythmia. Chest, 118(4), 1217–1221. https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.118.4.1217
Krasuski, R. A., A. B. Hesselson, K. P. Landolfo, K. J. Ellington, and T. M. Bashore. “Cardiac rhabdomyoma in an adult patient presenting with ventricular arrhythmia.Chest 118, no. 4 (October 2000): 1217–21. https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.118.4.1217.
Krasuski RA, Hesselson AB, Landolfo KP, Ellington KJ, Bashore TM. Cardiac rhabdomyoma in an adult patient presenting with ventricular arrhythmia. Chest. 2000 Oct;118(4):1217–21.
Krasuski, R. A., et al. “Cardiac rhabdomyoma in an adult patient presenting with ventricular arrhythmia.Chest, vol. 118, no. 4, Oct. 2000, pp. 1217–21. Pubmed, doi:10.1378/chest.118.4.1217.
Krasuski RA, Hesselson AB, Landolfo KP, Ellington KJ, Bashore TM. Cardiac rhabdomyoma in an adult patient presenting with ventricular arrhythmia. Chest. 2000 Oct;118(4):1217–1221.
Journal cover image

Published In

Chest

DOI

ISSN

0012-3692

Publication Date

October 2000

Volume

118

Issue

4

Start / End Page

1217 / 1221

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular
  • Rhabdomyoma
  • Respiratory System
  • Male
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Humans
  • Heart Ventricles
  • Heart Neoplasms
  • Electrocardiography