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Successful surgical management of ventricular fibromas in children

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1 Successful surgical management of ventricular fibromas in children
Meena Nathan, MD, Assunta Fabozzo, MD, Tal Geva, MD, Edward Walsh, MD, Pedro J. del Nido, MD  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  Volume 148, Issue 6, Pages (December 2014) DOI: /j.jtcvs Copyright © 2014 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 Location of fibromas. Most were in the left ventricular (LV) free wall. RV, Right ventricular. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.jtcvs ) Copyright © 2014 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 Resection of a large left ventricular fibroma in a 7-month-old girl with ventricular tachycardia. A, Intraoperative photograph showing resection of the tumor along the plane of the normal myocardium. B, T1-weighted magnetic resonance image of the tumor in the ventricular short-axis showing the anatomic features of the mass. C, Gross pathologic specimen showing a somewhat inhomogeneous white-gray solid tumor mass. D, Photomicrograph showing dense collagen, focal necrosis, and calcifications (arrow). LV, Left ventricle; RV, right ventricle; T, tumor. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.jtcvs ) Copyright © 2014 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions


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