Successful resection of a symptomatic right ventricular lipoma.

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Successful resection of a symptomatic right ventricular lipoma. / Schrepfer, Sonja; Deuse, Tobias; Detter, Christian; Treede, Hendrik; Koops, Andreas; Boehm, Dieter H; Willems, Stephan; Lacour-Gayet, François; Reichenspurner, Hermann.

In: ANN THORAC SURG, Vol. 76, No. 4, 4, 2003, p. 1305-1307.

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title = "Successful resection of a symptomatic right ventricular lipoma.",
abstract = "We report the case of a 31-year-old woman with a 4-year history of recurrent palpitations, presenting with an increased frequency of paroxysms caused by ventricular tachycardias during pregnancy. A cardiac tumor of unknown origin infiltrating the right ventricle was diagnosed. Three weeks after prophylactic abrasion the tumor was totally excised with the use of cardiopulmonary bypass including restoration of the right ventricular wall and the tricuspid valve. Histology confirmed diagnosis of a benign cardiac lipoma. The postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was discharged 7 days after surgery. There was no episode of ventricular tachycardias during the 6-month follow-up.",
author = "Sonja Schrepfer and Tobias Deuse and Christian Detter and Hendrik Treede and Andreas Koops and Boehm, {Dieter H} and Stephan Willems and Fran{\c c}ois Lacour-Gayet and Hermann Reichenspurner",
year = "2003",
language = "English",
volume = "76",
pages = "1305--1307",
journal = "ANN THORAC SURG",
issn = "0003-4975",
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T1 - Successful resection of a symptomatic right ventricular lipoma.

AU - Schrepfer, Sonja

AU - Deuse, Tobias

AU - Detter, Christian

AU - Treede, Hendrik

AU - Koops, Andreas

AU - Boehm, Dieter H

AU - Willems, Stephan

AU - Lacour-Gayet, François

AU - Reichenspurner, Hermann

PY - 2003

Y1 - 2003

N2 - We report the case of a 31-year-old woman with a 4-year history of recurrent palpitations, presenting with an increased frequency of paroxysms caused by ventricular tachycardias during pregnancy. A cardiac tumor of unknown origin infiltrating the right ventricle was diagnosed. Three weeks after prophylactic abrasion the tumor was totally excised with the use of cardiopulmonary bypass including restoration of the right ventricular wall and the tricuspid valve. Histology confirmed diagnosis of a benign cardiac lipoma. The postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was discharged 7 days after surgery. There was no episode of ventricular tachycardias during the 6-month follow-up.

AB - We report the case of a 31-year-old woman with a 4-year history of recurrent palpitations, presenting with an increased frequency of paroxysms caused by ventricular tachycardias during pregnancy. A cardiac tumor of unknown origin infiltrating the right ventricle was diagnosed. Three weeks after prophylactic abrasion the tumor was totally excised with the use of cardiopulmonary bypass including restoration of the right ventricular wall and the tricuspid valve. Histology confirmed diagnosis of a benign cardiac lipoma. The postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was discharged 7 days after surgery. There was no episode of ventricular tachycardias during the 6-month follow-up.

M3 - SCORING: Journal article

VL - 76

SP - 1305

EP - 1307

JO - ANN THORAC SURG

JF - ANN THORAC SURG

SN - 0003-4975

IS - 4

M1 - 4

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