Successful surgical resection plus surgical cryoablation for the treatment of a large left ventricular fibroma

J Card Surg. 2022 Jun;37(6):1716-1717. doi: 10.1111/jocs.16459. Epub 2022 Mar 30.

Abstract

Residual tumor mass after large cardiac fibroma resection carries long-term risk, but cryoablation is useful during surgery to remove such tissue. Here, we present a case of a large cardiac fibroma of the posterior wall of the left ventricle, discovered during long-term, episodic ventricular tachycardia. Resection with cryoablation completely removed the tumor, eliminating postoperative, distant ventricular arrhythmias.

Keywords: surgical history.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cryosurgery*
  • Fibroma* / diagnostic imaging
  • Fibroma* / pathology
  • Fibroma* / surgery
  • Heart Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Heart Neoplasms* / surgery
  • Heart Ventricles / pathology
  • Heart Ventricles / surgery
  • Humans
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular* / etiology
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular* / surgery