Clinical & Experimental Cardiology
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João Carlos Leal

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• Research Article
  Rare Case of Hamartoma Mimicking Fibroma and Correlations with Literature
  Author(s): Eliana Migliorini Mustafa, Victor Rodrigues Ribeiro Ferreira, Sofia Braile Sabino, Maria Christiane Valéria Braga Braile-Sternieri, Rodrigo Serpa Sestito, João Carlos Leal, Bethina Canaroli Sbardellini, Giovanni Braile Sternieri, Lúcia Angélica Buffulin de Faria, Idiberto José Zotarelli Filho* and Domingo Marcolino Eliana Migliorini Mustafa, Victor Rodrigues Ribeiro Ferreira, Sofia Braile Sabino, Maria Christiane Valéria Braga Braile-Sternieri, Rodrigo Serpa Sestito, João Carlos Leal, Bethina Canaroli Sbardellini, Giovanni Braile Sternieri, Lúcia Angélica Buffulin de Faria, Idiberto José Zotarelli Filho* and Domingo Marcolino
  
  Background: The incidence of primary cardiac tumors ranges from 0.02 to 0.05% in autopsy studies. Hamartomas from mature cardiac myocytes do not present a predilection for age at detection and present a higher prevalence in the left ventricle with the advent of extracorporeal circulation and the advancement of image diagnostic medicine such as echocardiography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, diagnosis and surgical treatment became more feasible. Objective: To present the case report of a very rare HA with diagnosis by clinical correlation, imaging equipment and microscopy, in order to differentiate it from fibroma. Case: A 63-year-old female patient with a history of chest pain and dyspnea on exertion with progressive worsening six months ago. The echocardiogram presented apical akinesia with a.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9880.1000497

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