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Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension and Assessment of Right Ventricular Function in the Piglet
Published on: November 4, 2015
Huge right ventricle cardiac fibroma in a child patient
Qiang Fan1, Yunfei Ling1, Qi An1
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Abstract:
In this case, we describe a 9-year-old child who presented with chest pain due to a huge right ventricle fibroma. With the support of cardiopulmonary bypass, the tumor was successfully removed, but to avoid right ventricular rupture and tricuspid valve injury, only a small amount of tumor tissue remained in the myocardial tissue. Pathological examination confirmed that the ventricular tumor was a fibrous borderline tumor. The patient has normal cardiac and tricuspid function at a 3-month follow-up. It is reported that the prognosis of patients younger than 17 years old at the time of diagnosis is poor, and the long-term prognosis of this child needs further follow-up.
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