Left ventricular fibroma: echocardiographic diagnosis and successful surgical excision in three cases
Brown, I.W.; McGoldrick, J.P.; Robles, A.; Curella, G.W.; Gula, G.; Ross, D.N.
Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 31(4): 536-540
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-9509 PMID: 2211812 Document Number: 349042
The management of three patients with left ventricular fibromas is outlined. All were asymptomatic children. Routine chest radiography suggested cardiac masses. M-mode and two-dimensional echocardiography were valuable adjuncts to conventional angiography in assessing these children. Electrocardiographic changes, present in all cases, were shown to regress postoperatively. We stress the importance of these noninvasive aids in the initial investigation and outline our operative methods of reconstruction.