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Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:2156-2158
© 2000 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Surgical resection of an intracardiac rhabdomyoma

Hartmuth B. Bittner, MD, PhDa, Ajeet D. Sharma, MDa, Kevin P. Landolfo, MDa

a Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA

Accepted for publication February 11, 2000.

Address reprint requests to Dr Bittner, Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Minnesota, Box 207 Mayo, 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455
e-mail: bittn006{at}tc.umn.edu

There are only a few previous reports of intracardiac rhabdomyomas causing ventricular arrhythmias and near syncope. In this report we describe the successful surgical resection of an intracardiac rhabdomyoma using cardiopulmonary bypass, blood cardioplegia, and hypothermia. Preoperative evaluation consisting of echocardiography, computed tomography (CT), magnet resonance imaging (MRI), and positron emission tomography (PET) strongly suggested the presence of a symptomatic primary cardiac tumor projecting from the interventricular septum into the right ventricle.




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