Cardiac fibroma presenting with clinically significant arrhythmias in infancy

M Filiatrault; M J Béland; K A Neilson; M Paquet

doi:10.1007/BF02238417

Cardiac fibroma presenting with clinically significant arrhythmias in infancy

Pediatr Cardiol. 1991 Apr;12(2):118-20. doi: 10.1007/BF02238417.

Authors

M Filiatrault¹, M J Béland, K A Neilson, M Paquet

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics (Division of Cardiology), Montreal Children's Hospital, Canada.

PMID: 1866331
DOI: 10.1007/BF02238417

Abstract

Supraventricular or ventricular ectopy has been reported in association with cardiac fibroma. We report two patients, one with acquired complete heart block and one with mixed ventricular and supraventricular arrhythmias associated with this rare tumor of the heart.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Arrhythmias, Cardiac / diagnostic imaging*
Arrhythmias, Cardiac / etiology
Female
Fibroma / complications
Fibroma / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Neoplasms / complications
Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Male
Ultrasonography