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Ann Thorac Surg 2001;71:1673-1675
© 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
a Division of Cardiac Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
b Division of Electrophysiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
c Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Accepted for publication July 10, 2000.
* Address reprint requests to Dr Torchiana, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St, Boston, MA 02114 (Email: dtorchiana{at}partners.org).
Cardiac hamartomas are a rare type of benign tumor affecting the heart. We describe a 33-year-old patient who presented with a wide complex tachycardia. Diagnostic imaging revealed a mass in the patients left ventricular wall, near the apex of the heart. The mass was surgically resected and appeared benign. Its pathology was that of a hamartoma of mature cardiac myocytes. Postoperative electrophysiology evaluation showed no inducible focus and the patient remains alive and asymptomatic after 2 years of follow-up.
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