TY - JOUR
T1 - Cardiac fibroma mimicking apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
T2 - a case report and differential diagnosis.
AU - Veinot, J. P.
AU - O'Murchu, B.
AU - Tazelaar, H. D.
AU - Orszulak, T. A.
AU - Seward, J. B.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - A 55-year-old man was seen with palpitations, dyspnea, syncope, and a large apical left ventricular mass. A diagnosis of apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy had been made by cardiac catheterization 10 years previously. Transthoracic echocardiography performed during the current evaluation, however, was suggestive of a primary cardiac tumor. At operation, a large fibroma was excised. Knowledge of the echocardiographic appearance of apical left ventricular abnormalities can be helpful in determining the most appropriate choice of therapy.
AB - A 55-year-old man was seen with palpitations, dyspnea, syncope, and a large apical left ventricular mass. A diagnosis of apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy had been made by cardiac catheterization 10 years previously. Transthoracic echocardiography performed during the current evaluation, however, was suggestive of a primary cardiac tumor. At operation, a large fibroma was excised. Knowledge of the echocardiographic appearance of apical left ventricular abnormalities can be helpful in determining the most appropriate choice of therapy.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0894-7317(96)90110-8
DO - 10.1016/S0894-7317(96)90110-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 8679244
AN - SCOPUS:0029694285
SN - 0894-7317
VL - 9
SP - 94
EP - 99
JO - Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography
JF - Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography
IS - 1
ER -