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Operating Transverse Aortic Constriction with Absorbable Suture to Obtain Transient Myocardial Hypertrophy
Published on: September 9, 2020
Tamponade caused by cardiac lipomatous hypertrophy
Saul G Myerson1, Robin Roberts, Neil Moat
1Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Unit, Department of Surgery, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney St., London SW3 6NP, UK.
Abstract:
Cardiac lipomatous hypertrophy is an unusual disorder that typically affects the interatrial septum. We report a case in which large subpericardial deposits of fat were initially mistaken for a pericardial effusion and the subsequent clinical picture resembled tamponade. The patient improved following a pericardiectomy.
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