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Ann Thorac Surg 2001;71:1673-1675
© 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Left ventricular hamartoma associated with ventricular tachycardia

Minh H.T. Dinh, BAa, Joseph M. Galvin, MDb, Thomas H. Aretz, MDc, David F. Torchiana, MDa

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
e-mail: 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 patient’s 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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