Heart transplantation for ventricular arrhythmia caused by a rare hamartoma

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2009 Oct;28(10):1114-5. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2009.06.015.

Abstract

Hamartoma of mature cardiac myocytes is a form of cardiac tumor that shares some features with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and rhabdomyomas. Here we describe a patient with a ventricular hamartoma complicated with ventricular tachycardia. Resection was not practical because of difficulty in maintaining the ventricular geometry, so heart transplantation was done.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Hamartoma / complications*
  • Hamartoma / surgery*
  • Heart Diseases / complications*
  • Heart Diseases / surgery*
  • Heart Transplantation*
  • Humans
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / etiology*
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / surgery*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Young Adult