A Right Atrial Hemangioma Mimicking Thrombus In A Patient With Atrial Arrhythmias
Patel Alpesh A.
Chukwu Ebere O.
Swerdloff Daniel S.
Bhatt Vivek
Schecter Stuart O
Anagnostopoulos Anastasia
Gopal Aasha S. , *
Authors Info & Affiliations
Authors Info & Affiliations
The Open Cardiovascular Medicine Journal
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31 December 2007 •
RESEARCH ARTICLE
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DOI: 10.2174/1874192400701010034
Abstract
Cardiac hemangiomas are rare tumors, accounting for only 2.8% of all benign primary cardiac tumors and occur at any age. Clinical presentations vary depending on the tumor location (myocardial, endocardial or pericardial). In many cases, this may be an incidental finding. We report the case of a patient with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation who had a right atrial hemangioma detected with transesophageal echocardiography prior to having percutaneous pulmonary vein isolation performed
